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Selina Ahoklui

Selina Ahoklui, the 1998 New York State Teacher of the Year, died on May 22. She was 76 years old.

In lockstep

A resounding feeling of togetherness characterized this year’s UFT 5K Family Run/Walk, which took place on May 6 in Coney Island.


Rose M. Sabatino

Rose M. Sabatino was a secretary at Brooklyn Technical HS.

Robert Kahn

Robert “Bob” Kahn was a UFT member for 50 years, most recently as a programmer at George Westinghouse HS in Brooklyn.

Perdita Harrington

Perdita Harrington was a UFT member for 18 years, most recently as a paraprofessional at PS 308 in Brooklyn.

Janet Gaw-Adamski

Janet Gaw-Adamski was a talented teacher and loyal colleague who served as a third- and fourth-grade classroom teacher, third-grade teacher consultant and computer lab teacher at PS 58 in Brooklyn.

Robert Rizzotti

Robert Rizzotti was a 5th-grade teacher at PS 276 in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn’s District 20 wins #PublicSchoolProud award

District 20 came together to celebrate the arts in public school for the month of June. “District 20 is a large immigrant district. We have a huge immigrant population and a number of languages spoken,” Said District 20 Superintendent Karina...

PS 370, Brooklyn, wins #PublicSchoolProud award

PS 370, a District 75 school in Brooklyn, serves students with significant disabilities, and that requires some creative teaching. “Every child learns a completely different way from the student next to them,” says teacher Lisa Pines. The PS 370...

Vision center comes to PS 188

Many students don’t have the eyeglasses they need, but at PS 188, a UFT community learning school in Brooklyn, that is about to change. A new center that opened in late June will provide accessible eye care to more than 5,000 students in the Coney...