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"Crucial, crazy and catchable"

More than 500 educators attended the UFT's first annual Middle School Conference on March 29, where Chancellor Carmen Fariña spoke to an enthusiastic audience about the importance of middle school education.

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The PS 176 chorus from Queens performs under the direction of teacher Toni Colem
Melody of best practices

Celebrating the theme of “Many Children, One Voice,” nearly 700 educators took part in the UFT's seventh annual Early Childhood Education Conference on March 22.

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Ravitch signs copies of her book for Manhattan teachers
Ravitch blasts anti-public ed forces

Celebrated scholar and blogger Diane Ravitch mapped out the powerful, well-financed forces gunning to destroy public education at a book event at UFT headquarters.

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NYC Community Learning Schools Initiative
A request for proposals

The UFT's Community Learning Schools Initiative is growing! We are accepting applications for the 2014-15 school year from schools. The deadline to apply is May 9.

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A teacher who loves tests — but not the ELA

Even a teacher who proclaims to "love tests" couldn't stomach the state's English language arts exam, which she called "developmentally inappropriate." In an op-ed titled "Why state exams fail my test," Brunski highlights the length and complexity of this year's ELA.

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Federation of Nurses/UFT pair volunteer for relief effort in Philippines

Nurses Cora-Ann O’Regan and Kati Tannous, who work at Brooklyn’s Lutheran Medical Center, used their vacation time for a two-week mission to the Phillipines, where they treated the sick and injured at makeshift health clinics in the area hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan.

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