Portland’s students are paying the price for adult failures, again. In a stunning and deeply troubling move, Portland Public Schools has agreed to shorten the school year to help close a $14 million budget deficit. The deal, backed overwhelmingly by the Portland Association of Teachers, will cut instructional time through furloughs, early dismissals, and canceled […]
EDUCATION
The Chicago Teachers Union keeps sending the same message to families: politics first, students second. Voters are starting to notice. In Chicago’s 2024 school board elections, CTU and its affiliates poured millions into an aggressive effort to buy influence, and they were decisively rejected. Roughly 75 cents of every dollar they spent went to […]
AFFT CEO Chip Rogers explains how worker freedom and pro-growth policies are reshaping where Americans choose to live and work.
New financial disclosures raise serious transparency concerns at the Chicago Teachers Union while student outcomes in Chicago Public Schools remain deeply troubling.
In February 2026, Americans for Fair Treatment joined a coalition of organizations and signed on to The Heritage Foundation’s Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education. The Phoenix Declaration States: In this time of moral and political crises, when too many schools have lost their way, it is the responsibility of America’s parents, […]
This isn’t what most workers think they’re signing up for when they join a union. In response to raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, activist networks have formed in Minneapolis to monitor federal activity and try to stop ICE enforcement actions. These networks use encrypted messaging apps like Signal to […]
AFFT is thrilled to announce that Corey DeAngelis is expanding his role with the organization as Senior Fellow. Corey has been a leading voice for school choice and educators who put students first, appearing in national media including The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and more. In his new role, Corey will engage directly with members […]
Parents across the country are raising a simple, reasonable concern: schools should be focused on teaching, not political activism. Yet from New York City to Minnesota to Chicago, teachers union leadership is increasingly pulling educators out of classrooms, canceling instruction, and using school time and union resources to advance ideological agendas unrelated to student learning. This […]
January 5, 2026 — The Americans For Fair Treatment (AFFT) is expressing deep concern over the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) recent promotion of protests linked to Venezuela and organized by far-left socialist groups. On Saturday, the CTU posted a flyer on its official X account directing activists to gather at Federal Plaza in Chicago to protest […]