UFT President Michael Mulgrew toured co-located PS 155 and the Renaissance School of the Arts in East Harlem on Jan. 19 and saw a good example of school communities working together. After talking to a number of teachers and seeing an impressive display of work, he congratulated the educators and principals at both schools for the work they’re doing.

The United Federation of Teachers has accused the leadership of KIPP Academy Charter School in the Bronx of violating federal labor law by actively encouraging employees to decertify the UFT as their collective bargaining representative.

We all know the great things that happen in our schools every day. Each public school has a special place in the hearts of parents, students and the people who work there. With the very idea of public education under attack, now is the time to show...

This is the Jan. 19 issue of the Brooklyn parent newsletter.

During a joint meeting with staffs at the co-located Isaac Newton MS for Math and Science and the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematic in East Harlem on Jan. 19, UFT President Michael Mulgrew introduced the union’s newest campaign, #PublicSchoolProud.

The UFT will work with the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and other allies to press the U.S. Senate to reject the appointment of Betsy DeVos to the post of U.S. education secretary.

The UFT will support chapter leaders, delegates and school communities in their endeavors to establish cafeterias and/or lounges dedicated to UFT members in unused, available spaces in schools.

The UFT stands opposed to voucher programs and will align with like-minded groups to ensure public funds go to public schools.

The UFT refuses to give an inch in the battle to protect neighborhood public schools from those forces that seek through privatization, for-profit charter schools and vouchers to destroy the equalizing powers of public education.

See the consultation meeting minutes for Jan. 11, 2017.