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Advance screening of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

About 275 students and teachers enjoyed the UFT's advance screening of “A Wrinkle in Time,” the new film based on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel that gives students the inspiration to discover their own potential, at a midtown Manhattan movie...

Members celebrate UFT’s 58th anniversary

March 16 marked the 58th anniversary of the formation of the United Federation of Teachers, and UFT members at schools throughout the city celebrated that anniversary in various ways as union chapters across the city braced themselves for an adverse...

Calming the school climate

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other educators at the Changing School Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help...

Seusstastic style

My 1st-grade English as a new language students create rhyme patterns to mimic Dr. Seuss.

Saying thanks

Members of the Retiree Programs’ quilting class held a quilting bee at the 1 Police Plaza auditorium on March 12 in order to make quilts that will be presented to the families of police officers who died on 9/11.

Play with a purpose

It’s time to get serious about play. That’s the message of our 2018 UFT Early Childhood Education Conference, which is built on research that shows that play is the way young children learn.

All you need to know about getting tenure

Gaining tenure is an important milestone for new teachers. There are many steps you can take to prepare for your tenure decision.

Future in Focus Career and College Fair

About 550 high school students had the chance to explore opportunities offered by 25 unions and 37 colleges at the second annual Future in Focus Career and College Fair, sponsored by the UFT’s High Schools Division and the New York City Central Labor...

Special coordination of benefits

If you and your spouse or domestic partner are both in-service UFT members, you don’t have to choose one or the other’s benefits — you have the benefit of both when it comes to certain UFT Welfare Fund benefits.

Time for common sense on guns

We’re living through an amazing moment. It’s clear that our elected officials in Washington, D.C., have abdicated their responsibility when it comes to gun violence, but students are taking the lead to advocate for their own safety amid this epidemic...