UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed federal education budget cuts, the attack on unions by far-right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard-won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.

The UFT submitted testimony before the New York City Council Committees on Education and Finance regarding the FY2018 education expense budget.

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

Members from Passages Academy in District 79

This is the May 24 issue of the Brooklyn parent newsletter.

UFT Assistant Secretary LeRoy Barr testified before the New York State Senate Committee on Children and Families, the Assembly Committee on Children and Families and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Women’s Issues regarding the creation of a...

This year, 181 graduates from New York City public high schools and eight postgraduate students shared in $1 million in UFT Shanker scholarships presented at an awards ceremony and reception at union headquarters. The scholarship fund, started 48 years ago by teachers, has supported the academic achievement of 8,000 students.

Student artists from grades 2 to 12 took to the theme of uniting against bullying by creating art that is colorful, inventive and moving. Their art teachers sent the work to NYCATA/UFT to be exhibited at UFT headquarters on May 19 in a ceremony with award certificates and gifts of art supplies.

A federal court has rejected KIPP Academy Charter School’s efforts to block arbitration of claims by KIPP’s unionized staff that school management was violating the terms of the contract that covers KIPP employees.

Students, teachers and parents from all across Brooklyn's District 20 came together to celebrate the arts at the district's Performing Arts Festival at McKinley JHS in Bay Ridge on May 19, part of a monthlong celebration of Arts Education Month.