Bill Thompson endorsement
UFT endorses Thompson

Delegates voted on June 19 to back Bill Thompson in the Sept. 10 mayoral primary. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said Thompson “will make a great mayor, but also a great partner” for teachers, schoolchildren and parents.

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Walking into poetry

Although there is an emphasis now on teaching informational texts, making space in the curriculum for poetry can benefit students, writes a Queens educator in our latest Teacher to Teacher column.

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Co-location thwarted at B'klyn school

Teachers and parents at the Andries Hudde Middle School in Flatbush won a rare victory when the DOE was forced to drop its plan to co-locate a charter school inside their building.

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Brooklyn's chess juggernaut

The chess club at Edward R. Murrow HS, founded by math teacher Eliot Weiss in the 1980s, has won the National High School Championship eight times.

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Market-Oriented Reforms Really Don’t Work. What Should We Do Instead?

As many of us have long suspected, the impacts of popular market-oriented reforms are not as positive as their proponents would have us believe. Guest blogger Elaine Weiss suggests a way forward.

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UFT finds a partner in Thompson

Explaining the union’s endorsement, Mulgrew said, “Our school system has been damaged. We now need to set the path to make sure we have the greatest school system in this country, and we need a real partner to make that happen.”

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