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Teamwork

“We believe the future is working in teams,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew as he gathered with teacher leaders in Brooklyn's District 16.

Flying solo

The first and only SOLE lab in North America launched in October 2014 at PS 197 in Harlem, where each class goes once a week to the lab in six-week cycles. In the lab, students gather in groups to answer a guiding question of their choice under...

PROSE successes on display for potential participants

The success stories of city PROSE schools were featured at an open house at UFT headquarters on May 24 that drew a crowd of citywide school teams hoping to follow in their footsteps.

Muffins with Mommies

Four 1st-grade teachers at PS/IS 192 in Borough Park opened their hearts and their wallets to create a moving Mother’s Day party for their 94 students and the superhero woman in each of their lives.

Termination pay: Have you moved?

If you have moved since you retired, you must update your address with the Department of Education.

Why art and music are essential

Art and music are the things we make when we want to tell the world that we are people. And expressing our humanity through music and art is what makes everything else worth it.

A proposal to enhance retirement security for all Americans

Thanks to the strength of the union and its negotiating power, the salaries of UFT members employed by the DOE have regularly increased. When they retire, members receive a defined-benefit pension, employer-provided health insurance that eventually...

Can You Hear Me Now?

‘Excellent jugglers who never drop the ball’

Being a school secretary often means doing more than handling payroll, supporting the administration, finding substitute teachers and fielding phone calls. For UFT members like Joslie Byrd of the School for Tourism and Hospitality in the Bronx, it...

Verizon vs. its workers

The Verizon standoff demonstrated how important it is for unions to take a stand for justice and fair play for their members — and for the rest of the labor movement to support them when they do.