Past presentations from UFT Guidance Counselor Conferences.

The recent Department of Education announcement about assigning teachers from the ATR pool to schools on a more permanent basis has awakened the usual opposition from the "school reform" crowd. Here is a Q&A designed to provide accurate information...

Why is the charter lobby pushing a watered-down “instant“ license that would be worthless at any traditional public school and would undermine years of efforts to ensure that teachers are trained and treated as professionals? Because charters don’t...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew responded to hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb's criticism of New York State Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew blasted the state’s proposal to allow charter schools in effect to certify their own teachers with scant requirements or proof of professional expertise.

Educators who are ready to begin purchasing materials and supplies for the upcoming school year will have significantly more spending money thanks to a hard-fought increase in City Council funding for Teacher’s Choice.

The UFT supports IBEW Local 3 members in their quest for a fair contract with Charter/Spectrum.

Two hundred UFT members joined the city's annual Pride March down Fifth Avenue in June.

Student talent — from fashion and award design to culinary and musical skill — was on display at William H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education HS in East New York, Brooklyn, as Maxwell hosted a fashion show on June 16.

The UFT is seeking an injunction from the National Labor Relations Board against the Charter HS for Law and Social Justice in the Bronx after the school fired 11 of its 15 UFT-represented employees, including the entire UFT bargaining committee, in...