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Bill would halt misuse of tests

A bill to uncouple standardized test scores from teacher evaluations and delete them from students’ permanent records may be close to being approved by state lawmakers.

The future on display

There was something for everyone at the Spring Education Conference’s bustling exhibit hall where members filled shopping bags with vendors’ giveaways and marveled at the accomplishments of the career and technical education high school students...

Kazansky re-elected to TRS board

David Kazansky has been reelected to serve a second three-year term as one of three teacher trustees on the board of the Teachers’ Retirement System.

CTE students put theory into practice

At the HERstory brunch in March at union headquarters, UFT members were able to relax while receiving massages and feel pampered while having their nails manicured and their makeup applied, all by career and technical education students from Queens...

Modified promotion standards for students with disabilities

Promotion decisions for students who are held to modified promotion criteria are based on progress towards appropriately rigorous, annual goals for literacy and math; evidence of progress towards those annual goals must be captured in the student’s...

School Secretaries Awards Luncheon 2018

Eight school secretaries were honored at the 32nd annual School Secretaries Awards Luncheon on June 2 before a packed house in Shanker Hall, Manhattan.

School Psychologists Professional Day 2018

School psychologists gathered at UFT headquarters on June 1 for a day of professional development and networking.

ICT and ENL teachers can grieve unreasonable number of different courses or room assignments

Co-teachers in integrated co-teaching classes and English as a new language teachers who provide standalone and/or integrated instruction have the right to file reorganization grievances if they are programmed to have an unreasonable number of class...

Queens Parent Newsletter - May/June 2018

This is the June 1 issue of the Queens parent newsletter.

UFT Players’ 20th Anniversary Celebration

More than 80 UFT members, retirees, family and friends celebrated the UFT Players’ 20th anniversary on June 1 at union headquarters in Manhattan, catching up with old friends and new, watching a highlight reel of their productions over the years and enjoying a meal and some impromptu performances.