At its recent meeting in Washington DC, the Executive Board of the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) voted to endorse the progressive candidacy of Ras Baraka for mayor in the city of Newark, New Jersey.

WASHINGTON—The “polarization and anger” running through U.S. society, as a result of the collapse of the American Dream, “is playing out in the schools as well,” Teachers President Randi Weingarten warns. In a free-flowing talk and q-and-a at the Women’s National Democratic Club in D.C. on Dec. 12, the head of the 1.5-million-member union adds the conflict appears in fights […]