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Article Forty-Three — Duration

This Agreement shall become effective as of November 1, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018.

Article Forty-Two — Lead Educational Associate

A. Eligibility and Selection of Lead Educational Associate The minimum requirements for this position will be a Bachelor’s Degree and any other requirements created by the Joint District UFT-DOE Selection Committee. A Lead Educational Associate will...

African Heritage Committee Dinner Dance 2017

Awards were presented to UFT members and others as celebrants marked Black History Month at the UFT African Heritage Committee’s 14th annual dinner dance on Feb. 3 at Antun’s in Queens Village.

Our dire circumstances

“What Lies Ahead in 2017” [Jan. 5 cover] underestimates the dire circumstances that a Trump presidency poses for teachers, workers and many other Americans.

Thanks, I needed that

I read President Mulgrew’s column “Our strength in challenging times” [Dec. 1] and was so moved.

Weighing in on DeVos from across the country

Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, didn’t even know that IDEA is federal legislation during the Senate confirmation hearing.

Mission accomplished!

The city Department of Education in January fulfilled its agreement to clear 765 public school buildings of light fixtures containing the probable carcinogen polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, that had threatened the well-being of students and...

Grant helps providers buy teaching aids

The UFT has won a $2.7 million state Quality Grant to fund educational supplies for family child care providers.

It’s simple to update beneficiaries

Would you believe it? More than 26,000 Teachers’ Retirement System members — approximately 22 percent of our members — have not filed a form designating one or more beneficiaries for their Qualified Pension Plan accounts.

Billionaire family created Wild West of the charter movement

Now 85 percent of the state’s charters are run by for-profit companies, and there is still no constraint on who gets to sell education in Detroit. It’s a Wild West of unfettered choices that don’t educate kids.