More than 250 New York City public high school students gathered on Oct. 20 for the UFT’s Future in Focus college and career fair, exploring the benefits of organized labor and featuring a job fair with representatives from a variety of unions.

It was a day of greetings and learning for educators and students across the city as they headed back to school on Sept. 8, 2022.

The UFT doubled down this year on its customary end-of-summer initiatives to support students and teachers with school supply giveaways, information, resources and plain old fun.

The UFT awarded $5,000 Albert Shanker college scholarships to 189 high school seniors at the 53^rd annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception on June 7 at UFT headquarters in Manhattan. The scholarships go to academically excellent and financially eligible New York City public high school seniors and post-graduate students. Eight post-graduate students also received scholarships.

Hundreds of children, families and educators were able to expand their home and school libraries thanks to more than 11,000 free books given away by the AFT and the UFT on March 19 during the “Reading Opens the World” Family Literacy and Book Fair at...

This is the March 2022 issue of the Brooklyn parent newsletter.

This is the March 2022 issue of the Queens parent newsletter.

This is the March 2022 issue of the Manhattan parent newsletter.

This is the March 2022 issue of the Staten Island parent newsletter.

This is the December 2021 issue of the Staten Island parent newsletter.