When we first met in September, BiBi was an entry-level English language learner and I was a new English as a New Language teacher. BiBi, a 5th-grader, was reluctant to learn, to speak a word of English or even to go over the English alphabet. She...

There is a profound connection between developing good character and achieving academically. For this reason, our committee of educators launched a character education program to highlight skills that might promote good character in our students.

Thirty-one Bronx high school seniors will begin their freshman year of college in September with laptops and printers presented to them at the second annual Bronx High School District and Pathways to Graduation Recognition Awards ceremony held at the...

UFT members Regina Zafonte of the HS for Math, Science and Engineering in Harlem and Alyssa Scherer of PS 64 on the Lower East Side are the recipients of this year's Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award.

Retired UFT Vice President Frank Carucci accepted the 2018 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater on June 10 at Radio City Music Hall as board president of Manhattan’s La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, alongside Artistic Director Mia Yoo.

The New York City Council passed a city budget on June 14 that increases overall education spending and boosts funding for four UFT education programs and initiatives.

Teachers may be called “unsung heroes,” but their praises were sung and their accomplishments celebrated at the annual Blackboard Awards ceremony held at the New York Institute for Technology on June 4.

The District 16 science fair brought together the best projects from each grade of each school in the district. The event was a labor of love for Jessica Harris, a science teacher at Madiba Prep, who organized it.

Staying in fighting shape takes self-care. As educator and activist Audre Lorde reminded us, “You can’t fight from a place of fury all of the time.”

The city DOE’s scope and sequence for science in prekindergarten through grade 5 has been overhauled for the 2018–19 school year, thanks to the efforts of NYC science teachers. A team of 24 science teachers from across the city spent nearly a year...