“At Cherokee Lane, I’m blessed with an incredible team,” Brian says. Brian invites everyone he meets to visit the school and see its work firsthand. “I try to make a social justice difference,” he says. “I try hard.”
In a National Principals Month message to AFSA members, the nation's top labor leader calls for school leaders to have a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their schools, including artificial intelligence, education policy and working conditions.
Elda Perez-Mejia is the founding principal of Sonia Sotomayor Community School, where she continues to serve. In addition to developing the school’s vision and mission statements, hiring staff and opening a school-based community clinic, she is developing a true dual-language program with an emphasis on social justice.