Letters to the Editor

These are letters to the editors of various newspapers from the UFT president.

To the New Yorker, Sept. 28, 2009

Brill captures the Kafkaesque quality of Rubber Rooms, in which teachers linger while the Department of Education ponders accusations against them.

To the New York Post, June 8, 2009

The Post's zeal to attack the United Federation of Teachers at every turn apparently resulted in your use of old math-test scores in comparing how our charter school compares with others in New York City.

To the New York Post, April 21, 2009

We at the United Federation of Teachers are proud of our advocacy on behalf of children and the educators who teach them, and we won't apologize for lobbying for a safety net for those New Yorkers most vulnerable to budget cuts.

To the New York Post, March 20, 2009

We at the UFT are very proud of the landmark school-wide bonus program that we developed in conjunction with the Department of Education ("NY Teachers Who Share in $uccess," March 12).

To the Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2009

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) supports preserving the school governance law giving New York City's mayor control of the schools with modifications that improve and strengthen, not weaken the structure.

To the New York Post, Feb. 21, 2009

Is The Post so virulently anti-union that it views any attempt by teachers to have a say in the running of their schools as a threat to academic quality?

To the New York Post, Jan. 9, 2009

Once again, the New York Post impugns the motives of anyone who questions anything that city schools Chancellor Joel Klein does ("His Master’s Voice," Jan. 8).

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