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Bloomberg made members’ jobs ‘intolerable’

Teachers’ answers to the UFT‘s first comprehensive, random-sample survey of their work lives and professional views, conducted just before he left office, show just how grueling their working conditions became. Read more

What works, what doesn’t: Teachers speak their minds

The UFT survey invited teachers to rate a slew of education reforms. We asked, on a scale of 1 to 4, how effective would each be at improving educational outcomes for New York City public school students? Read more

How a random sample survey works

To collect the viewpoints of the 75,000 teachers in the UFT, we conducted our survey in much the same way Gallup Inc. conducts its national polls: We used random or probability sampling. Read more

Working hard — but not on what matters

How teachers spend their working time is a good indicator of the school system’s priorities. And the clear “winner” in consuming teacher time is, unfortunately, paperwork. Read more

Conditions shortchange students, educators

Teachers in the UFT survey reported that working conditions for themselves and learning conditions for their students were too often sub-par. Read more