Students from three different schools who are nonetheless cut from the same cloth took their creations to the catwalk as the UFT presented Brooklyn’s Maxwell CTE HS and Teachers Rock the Runway, featuring the HS of Fashion Industries and the HS of Art and Design, both Manhattan, at UFT headquarters in Manhattan on May 31.

If New York City is going to have the first-class public education system it deserves, then the new chancellor and the city’s Panel for Educational Policy need to tackle the widespread academic segregation in the city’s high schools — a problem...

The Chapter Update keeps members posted about meetings, union news and progress we've made negotiating on your behalf. In May's Chapter Update, read about the upcoming UFT chapter elections, civil service exams and civil service rules.

The District 12 UFT Scholarship committee held its first fundraiser breakfast on May 29 to give back to deserving graduating students in the 5th and 8th grades, as well as to recognize educators for their achievements.

History and politics topped the menu for the record-breaking crowd of 570 retirees attending the 55th annual Retired Teachers Chapter Luncheon at the New York Hilton on May 29.

High school seniors in public schools who are of Hispanic/Latino heritage and have parents or guardians who are union members are eligible to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the AFT.

More than 1,500 members gathered at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan for the annual UFT Spring Conference on May 19.

This is the May 18 issue of the Staten Island parent newsletter.

UFT members may order tickets to Premium United Artist Theatres, Regal Cinemas, Cinepolis as well as BowTie Cinemas at a significant discount.

More than 180 New York City public school seniors were feted on May 15 during the annual Albert Shanker Scholarship Awards ceremony at which $1 million in scholarships were awarded to deserving seniors and graduate students.