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This section contains press releases and statements issued by the UFT.
- Weingarten embraces creation of permanent coalition as advocacy voice for kids
- UFT faults Klein for creating job barriers for ATRs: April 29, 2008
- NYC fails to meet state-mandated class size goals: April 28, 2008
- UFT responds to Bell verdict: April 25, 2008
- City’s teaching force grows more “highly qualified”: April 15, 2008
- State keeps its funding promises and reaches fair compromise on tenure criteria: April 9, 2008
- List of city schools “in need of improvement” grows slightly smaller: April 9, 2008
- UFT adopts ‘better safe than sorry’ approach on PCBs in caulk: April 7, 2008
- New York City 8th-graders lag in national writing test: April 4, 2008
- South Bronx site chosen for Green Dot charter school: April 4, 2008
- UFT on state Legislature’s clarification on tenure: March 26
- Thousands rally at City Hall against budget cuts: March 19
- UFT proposes new school accountability system: March 13, 2008
- Eliot Spitzer resigns as governor: March 12, 2008
- Union survey shows midyear budget cuts hurt kids: March 4, 2008
- UFT opens contract talks for home child-care providers: Feb 29, 2008
- UFT launches “Seeds of Knowledge” TV ad campaign: Feb 28, 2008
- Council Speaker proposes pay incentive for teachers in low-performing middle schools: Feb 12, 2008
- Coalition launches campaign to protect schools from $700 million cuts: Feb. 10, 2008
- 6 more schools added to state's failing list: Feb. 6, 2008
- UFT and principals’ union join in opposing $100 million in new school budget cuts: Jan. 31, 2008
- President Bush delivers final State of the Union address: Jan. 29, 2008
- Mayor’s preliminary budget: Jan. 24, 2008
- Governor Spitzer’s executive budget proposal: Jan. 22, 2008
- UFT: DOE misguided to seek to use test scores to judge teachers: Jan 21, 2008
- Mayor calls for improving CTE, ending social promotion for 8th graders: Jan 17, 2008
- Excessive expenditures on testing: Jan. 16, 2008
- Additional funds for “A” schools: Jan. 4, 2008
- New state list of NYC schools in need of improvement: Dec. 21, 2007
- DOE’s release of class size data: Dec. 18
- Schoolwide bonus program vote: Dec. 17
- DOE announcement on schools to close: Dec. 5, 2007
- UFT withdraws its support for teacher housing project: Dec. 3, 2007
- City’s class-size reduction plan: Nov. 26, 2007
- Teacher resignations hit record high: Nov. 19, 2007
- First school progress reports: Nov. 5, 2007
- Dial-A-Teacher hotline now linked to HomeworkNYC.org: Oct. 30, 2007
- Klein’s gifted and talented proposal: Oct. 30, 2007
- SUNY Trustees approve Green Dot charter school for South Bronx: Oct. 26, 2007
- Home child care providers give resounding "yes!" to UFT: Oct. 24, 2007
- UFT and city agree on 55/25 and pilot program for voluntary, school-wide bonuses: Oct. 17, 2007
- Student cash awards for AP scores: Oct. 16, 2007
- AFT endorsement of Hillary Clinton: Oct. 3, 2007
- City schools' performance on nationwide test: Sep. 25, 2007
- IBO report on class size: Sept. 25, 2007
- An IBO report found that 61 percent of kindergarten to third grade classes last school year had more than the state-recommended early grade standard of 20 students.
- Number of oversized classes drops, but thousands still exceed contractual limits: Sept. 20, 2007
- New York City wins the 2007 Broad Prize: Sept. 18, 2007
- On Sept. 18, 2007, New York City won the Broad Prize, which is given each year to an urban school district that has made great improvements in student achievement, particularly in closing gaps between white and minority students.
- School violence audit: Sept. 19, 2007
- Citywide survey shows 90% parent approval rate for teachers: Sept. 6, 2007
- Resignation of Principal Debbie Almontaser: Aug. 10, 2007
- State certifies NYC home child care providers' cards: July 27, 2007
- Comptroller’s audit of special ed: July 27, 2007
- City’s revised “Contracts-for-Excellence” spending plan: July 18, 2007
- City’s revised class-size reduction plan: July 17, 2007
- UFT forges partnership with Green Dot to bring a charter school to NYC: June 28, 2007
- Cash incentives for student performance: June 18, 2007
- Council overrides Mayor’s veto of whistleblower bill: June 5, 2007
- UFT, ACORN Submit Petitions to Let Home Child Care Workers Vote To Join Union: May 17, 2007
- Graduation Rates: April 25, 2007
- SURR school announcement: March 15, 2007
- NCLB report: Feb. 13, 2007
- Gov. Spitzer's preliminary budget: Jan. 31, 2007
- Gov. Spitzer’s CFE proposal: Jan. 29, 2007
- Klein's weighted student funding plan: Jan. 24, 2007
- Tenured Teachers: Jan. 18, 2007
- Teacher Tenure: Jan. 17, 2007
- ‘Highly Qualified Teachers’ report: Jan. 8, 2007
- Gov. Spitzer’s State of the State address: Jan. 3, 2007
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- UFT calls for comprehensive solution to school violence: March 28, 2008
