Valencia Edwards has spent her 16-year career at the Lorge School, a non-public special education school in Chelsea with students who range in age from 5 to 21.

A 27.5 percent increase in funding for Teacher’s Choice, the UFT’s top budget priority, was secured for the 2016-2017 fiscal year after an intense lobbying campaign by members on social media and by union leaders at Council meetings and hearings.

City school officials have withdrawn a controversial proposal to co-locate a charter school at IS 285 Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts in East Flatbush after the school community and neighborhood groups joined forces to organize a...

Alfred University's Downstate Programs is looking for qualified individuals to serve as adjunct instructors. If you are interested, please send a copy of your resume by email to Tim Werner at Tim@citeonline.com or call him at 718-923-9333.

The 10th annual Hero Day at PS 33 in Queens Village was filled with both enchantment and sorrow.

Read about our first Braille challenge, UFT Lobby Day, our annual camping trip and more.

UFT night at a Brooklyn Cyclones game has become an early-summer tradition, and this year was no different: More than 1,500 UFT members and their families watched the Cyclones take on the Hudson Valley Renegades at MCU Park in Coney Island on June 27. “There was tailgating in the lot sponsored by the UFT Bronx borough office,” said Emil Pietromonaco, who, at the time, had just a few days remaining as the UFT secretary. Pietromonaco, who is retiring this year, was supposed to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, but he opted to have his 11-year-old grandson, Christian, do the honors. He was one of Pietromonaco’s seven grandchildren at the game. Pietromonaco said Christian “threw a lightning strike.” Attendees had an additional treat: Jose Reyes, just reacquired by the New York Mets, was playing with the Cyclones, a Mets farm team. To top it off, the Cyclones pulled out a 6-5 victory in extra innings.

The UFT was well represented at the annual Pride march along Fifth Avenue on June 26. More than 1 million people viewed the parade, one of the largest ever, in the wake of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, two weeks earlier.

As educators, we must remember that we are the driving catalyst of our schools. By being organized and unified, we will successfully promote our profession and better working conditions. We will also continue to see student performance improve as we...

The Department of Education on June 24 posted the Lead Teacher Assistant, the new career ladder position for paraprofessionals negotiated by the DOE and the UFT.