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Sharon Brown, budget director

Sharon Brown, a member of the UFT’s Administrative Education Officers and Analysts Chapter, supports the principals of 32 Bronx high schools with budget compliance.

Why I am an avid reader

UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds encourages high school educators to continue to expand their own knowledge base through reading a variety of texts. Being an avid reader, she writes, helps educators better guide their...

Teacher’s Choice stays steady

UFT-represented educators will receive roughly the same Teacher's Choice alloment as last year to reimburse them for some of their out-of-pocket expenses for supplemental instructional supplies and materials of their choice.

Making students the evaluators

Queens high school teacher Amy Matthusen explains ways to center students in creating evaluative criteria to help deepen learning.

Scores jump on state exams

New York City public school students in grades 3 to 8 made dramatic gains in reading and math on 2025 state exams. The percentage of students overall performing at grade level in reading jumped 7.2 percentage points to 56.3% and 3.5 percentage points...

All about your pension benefits

The start of the school year is is an excellent time to make sure you’re taking the right steps to prepare for retirement and secure your own future. Here are the most important things you need to know about your pension benefits as a UFT member.

2025–26 RTC meetings

Here are the meeting dates and times for the RTC general membership meetings scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.

Register for intersession Si Beagle classes

Registration for intersession 2026 Si Beagle classes begins on Oct. 14, 2025.

City pulls plug on Medicare Advantage plan

The Adams administration has dropped its effort to implement a Medicare Advantage health care plan for the city’s roughly 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees.

2025 COLA increase is 1.2%

The September 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which retired members will see in their September pension checks, is 1.2%. Eligible retirees will receive up to $216 -- or $18 per month -- before taxes from the COLA.