Teachers who think their principal is a strong leader are 2.5 times more likely to say they are satisfied with their evaluation system, according to new research.
“You are the epitome of what all teachers should be,” Chancellor Carmen Fariña told the 17 winners of the fourth annual Big Apple Awards in a ceremony at DOE headquarters on June 23.
UFT members joined the annual Pride march along Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 26, an event that took on deeper significance in the wake of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, two weeks earlier.
More than 200 UFT members gathered near union headquarters on June 16 for an event initially intended to kick off Pride Week but became a show of solidarity after the mass shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando on June 12.
Governor Andrew Cuomo on May 31 signed into law a bill that enables public school teachers and other public employees who are honorably discharged veterans and have five years in their civilian jobs to purchase up to three years of service credit...
More than 150 educators, administrators and community health advocates gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall on June 8 for the 2016 Excellence in School Wellness Award ceremony.
This year I used a different teaching model that helped me use my time with my high school math students more productively: I “flipped” my class so the lesson was taught at home and traditional homework was done in class.