MS 51 Chapter Leader Joseph Valentin’s relentless drive to increase the amount of COPE contributions at his Park Slope school is paying off — it’s up 30 percent from last September and climbing.

With hurricane season especially brutal this year, schools around the city stepped up to raise money and collect much-needed supplies for victims in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

The number of oversize classes in New York City public schools continued to trend downward this year, according to the UFT’s annual data. On the 10th day of school this year, there were 2, 181 oversize classes in 411 schools, compared to 2,525...

UFT members in partnership with their union are making a difference — while also making history — in public schools across the city. That’s the message of the UFT’s latest TV ad.

More than 1,200 educators turned out for the union's second annual conference on effective instruction for English language learners, a reflection of the pent-up need for quality professional learning opportunities to help this segment of New York...

Lynda John has two grandchildren, but as a UFT member and group family day care provider, she has up to 16 other kids — from infants to preschoolers, plus older children after school — at any given time. It’s an investment, she says, in herself and...

When it comes to selecting texts for whatever subject we teach, reaching all students can be a challenge, to say the least. One solution lies in websites that offer high-quality texts at different reading levels.

STEM competition, free devices for low-income students and schools, tech-focused lesson plans, financial literacy contest and a summer fellowship for educators.

Each year, the UFT recognizes outstanding paraprofessionals at the union’s annual Paraprofessional Festival and Awards Luncheon.

Sharing their life stories is a fitting way to remember UFT co-workers or retired UFT members who pass away, and you can memorialize them with an obituary on the UFT website.