AFSA Resolves to Endorse President Barack Obama for Re-Election
On Sunday, April 22, the AFSA General Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012. Following the endorsement, AFSA President Diann Woodard released the following statement: “President Obama shares AFSA’s belief that investing in public education is the key to our nation’s future. While we may not always see eye-to-eye [...]
America’s Impoverished Education Policies
AFSA President Diann Woodard’s recent column in The Huffington Post challenges our elected leaders to stop ignoring the poverty that haunts our schools. She writes, “Neither the ESEA nor any other federal policies address the rapid descent of a growing number of families into poverty. They offer no funding to improve learning conditions, and no equitable forms of evaluation for school leaders being forced to cope with the pathologies of impoverished communities, let alone supportive child health care.”
Statement by President Diann Woodard In Response to “The Ripple Effect” Report on Principal Effectiveness
In response to the May 1 report “The Ripple Effect” released by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) on principal effectiveness, AFSA President Diann Woodard released the following statement…
AFSA Resolution on Bullying
Bullying of children and young adults is a serious problem across the nation and educators, parents, students and community members are becoming increasingly aware of this national problem.
Press Release: School Administrators Union Joins with Teachers to Endorse ‘Bully’ Documentary
A new documentary that challenges the education community to address and prevent school bullying now has the endorsement of the nation’s only school administrators’ union. The American Federation of School Administrators added its members’ voices to those of the American Federation of Teachers and others who have called the documentary “Bully” one of this year’s most important films.
AFSA’s Letter Asks Members to Reject Rep. Ryan’s Budget
On March 27, AFSA President Diann Woodard sent a letter to every member of the House of Representatives urging them to reject Rep. Paul Ryan’s Budget.
Response to President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal
While we are still reviewing the document in its entirety, we must express concern with many of the education investments that appear based on competition. For example, the Race To The Top program rewards the winners with temporary funding increases and inherently creates losers. Sadly, the schools that do not win these competitions are often the very ones that need the greatest support.
Statement in Response to Chairman Kline’s Legislation
Today, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) introduced two pieces of legislation that mark the latest efforts to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act. Following the introduction of the legislation, AFSA President Diann Woodard released the following statement…
Response to The State of The Union
The President’s focus on job creation and the need for a solid manufacturing base in our country is indeed just one of the remedies needed to fix our ailing economy. However, for us to continue to be competitive in today’s global economy, we must start looking at what happens right when students enter our schools, and support them throughout their education and onto a sustainable career path.
Statement on the 2011 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Assessment
On Nov. 1, 2011, the National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grades 4 and 8 (NAEP) released their 2011 Reading and Mathematics assessment results, known as “The Nation’s Report Card”. Diann Woodard, president of the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), AFL-CIO, released this statement in response to the results…