Parents: Our allies
“Strengthening the home-school partnership” was the theme of this year’s 12th annual UFT Parent Conference sponsored by the union’s Dial-A-Teacher program in Manhattan on Oct. 31. It’s about helping kids do better academically, and also about parents and educators working together to protect schools in this tough economy. Read More...
Don’t shortchange special ed
The Department of Education’s spending priorities don’t always reflect sound educational investment. But when confronted by the legal mandate and moral duty of giving our most vulnerable kids their due support, it’s clear that the DOE is both disturbed by the price and dismissive of the value. Read More...
D.C. chancellor a bad example
The Washington, D.C., public school system is in crisis. Chancellor Michelle Rhee has fired hundreds of highly experienced teachers, most of them with satisfactory performance ratings, just two months after she had hired 900 new teachers. Read More...
Wise decisions on flu vaccine
The suspension of the mandate requiring influenza vaccinations of New York health care workers is a huge victory for the union. Read More...
