Parents, grandparents and guardians gathered at IS 2 in Staten Island on Nov. 10 for breakfast, exhibits and workshops on navigating the education system, resources for students with special needs, the new learning standards in math and English, and other topics.

About 300 Queens parents, grandparents and education activists gathered for the union’s annual fall conference to exchange resources and learn how to become leaders in their schools.

The UFT stands with UNITE HERE and the striking Marriott hotel workers in their effort to fight corporate greed and advocate for fair working conditions.

The UFT will never forget what happened on Nov. 7, 1960, and will commemorate it each year as one of UFT’s greatest achievements, a job action that ultimately resulted in substantial and significant improvements in public education as well as the...

The UFT unequivocally condemns the Senate confirmation process as a sham since the Republican leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee has failed to evince any determination to adjudicate the truth of Ford’s claims or Kavanaugh’s fitness for the...

More than 1,400 UFT members, their family members and students, and friends of the union —attended the union’s annual celebration of the UFT’s founding and the union members who through their activism and dedication are keeping the union strong. The four-hour event featured the presentation of awards and a stirring speech from NYS Teacher of the Year Alhassan Susso.

Members of the United Federation of Teachers ratified a new contract that gives members a 7.7 percent pay raise over the 43-month pact.

Bronx parents gathered for a day of informative workshops, networking and exhibits at the UFT’s Bronx borough office on Nov. 3.

More than 200 participants attended a wide variety of workshops at the annual professional development conference of the New York City Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers — titled Celebrating Cultural Relevance in our LOTE Classrooms — on Nov. 3 at union headquarters in Manhattan.

Here are some important things to know about IEPs, IEP team decisions, teacher assignments, ICT classes and self-contained classes if you work with students with disabilities.