“In order to help our children overcome challenges, counselors play the most pivotal role in our school system,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew in his welcoming remarks at the UFT’s 13th annual Guidance Counselors Conference on March 18 at union...

When the president’s chief strategist used the phrase “deconstruction of the administrative state” in his speech at the February meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, he was signaling what’s ahead in this administration. The phrase...

More than 400 students from 20 high schools gathered at UFT headquarters on March 9 for a different kind of college and career fair: In addition to exploring colleges and universities, students learned about jobs with strong union representation —...

Rev. William Barber, the president of the North Carolina NAACP and the architect of the Forward Together Moral Monday Movement, will receive the UFT’s most prestigious award at the union’s Spring Education Conference on May 13.

The following letter was sent to Retired Teachers Chapter Leader Tom Murphy:

The annual commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire every March is a teachable moment for students about the importance of labor unions. Workers were trapped on two floors when fire broke out because the company had locked doors to...

The disparity betwee the student population of public schools and the students in charters has propelled the UFT to fight for charter equity legislation in Albany that requires taxpayer-funded charters to accept and keep comparable numbers of high...

Educators at PS 66 in Richmond Hill, Queens are striving to find the balance between encouraging English language learners to preserve their native language abilities and nurturing them in their burgeoning English skills while educating them...

Faith and community leaders joined UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the union’s seventh annual faith-based breakfast for a discussion of the value of public education and how to protect it in the face of efforts to privatize education

Using the PROSE program, the faculty at MS 447 in Boerum Hill is doing something concrete to foster diversity in their school.