Caridad Gutierrez
Caridad Gutierrez was a UFT member for 30 years, most recently as a bilingual teacher at PS 1 in the Bronx.
Bronx Parent Newsletter - February 2020
This is the Feb. 20 issue of the Bronx parent newsletter.
'Tolerance is not enough'
Speak Truth to Power, a collaboration between Discovery Education and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights supported by the union, illuminates students’ and teachers’ roles in fighting human rights abuses and offers educational experiences and online tools...
Zully Brons-Bailey, school nurse
For nearly two decades, Zully Brons-Bailey worked simultaneously as a school nurse and a hospital nurse in the Bronx. Now serving 640 students in grades pre-K through 8 at the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action in the Bronx, she tackles everything...
Bronx Parent Newsletter - January 2020
This is the Jan. 9 issue of the Bronx parent newsletter.
UFT's United Community Schools one of eight winners of 2019 federal school improvement grant
United Community Schools, a program run by the United Federation of Teachers, has won a $2.3 million five-year federal grant to provide additional mental health services, restorative practices and after-school programming at three of its Bronx...
Schools invited to apply for Bronx Plan
The Bronx Collaborative Schools Plan, which successfully launched with 50 schools last year, is now expanding to include 70 additional schools.
Snack time is learning time
Snack carts at District 75 school in the Bronx provide an innovative way for students to learn about commerce, coins and communication.
A real-life composition notebook classroom
As a literacy teacher to 5th-graders, it is always my mission to develop engaging ways to influence my students to love reading and writing.
Avoiding flying dictionaries
For students struggling with literacy in their home language, an English dictionary is more of an obstacle than an aid.