“We must continually fight for financial and overall support, seek mentorship opportunities and build agency. Administrators must connect with each other because it is a lonely job, and it’s easy to feel isolated.”
AFSA honored five exceptional high school seniors with the prestigious Diann Woodard Scholarship in 2025, recognizing their academic achievements, unwavering dedication to community service, and exemplary work ethic.
Straight out of high school, Tom Carty enlisted in the U.S. Army. Today, he is the long-time principal of P.S/I.S. 49, a highly successful school in Middle Village, Queens.
This year’s day-and-a-half meeting, hosted by the Oakland Unified administrators’ union, focused on the role of organized labor in defending equity, fairness, and respect for education’s front-line leaders.
Despite frequent headlines highlighting political clashes at school board meetings, new research shows that such confrontations are the exception—not the rule.
You are the unsung heroes of education. Often the first to arrive and the last to leave, you juggle mandates, policies, safety, parent concerns, teacher morale and student achievement.
