For Immediate Release

Statement by Randi Weingarten, UFT President, On NYC Winning the Broad Prize September 18, 2007

Sep 18, 2007 3:58 PM

Teachers should be proud of the integral role they played in helping the City win this honor because, at the end of the day, the system’s success depends on what takes place in the classroom between teachers and their students. Together with the results of the NYC Department of Education’s recent Learning Environment Survey -- which found that 90 percent of parents approve of their child’s teacher – this prize reaffirms what we consider to be an indisputable truth: New York has a truly remarkable teaching force. Now we must build on this by strengthening the principal-teacher-parent partnership that is necessary for our students’ continued academic achievement.

 

It is a great day for New York and I congratulate the Mayor and the Chancellor and all of our fantastic educators on this success.  Despite our differences about how best to serve our 1.1 million students, the Mayor and Governor and the City Council & State Legislature deserve credit for providing us with the resources to fortify a system that had been destabilized by neglect.