The archery team at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism in Brooklyn won last year's state championship under the guidance of coach Udi Hazan.

We began the school year with a campaign to celebrate New York City public schools and to honor the “Passion and Promise” our members bring to their work every day.

“I feel like I’m making dancers,’’ dance teacher Rashamella Cumbo says of her 4th-graders, most of whom she has taught since kindergarten, at PS 191 near Lincoln Center. But by all accounts, she’s doing much more. 


In February, my students read books and conducted research about the Chinese New Year.

The UFT has been working with three programs to help identify high school and college students of color who may be interested in teaching and then encourage and support them in pursuing that career.

The UFT leadership is urging members to sign nominating petitions to elect UFT Staten Island Borough Representative Debra Penny to a three-year term as a trustee on the Teachers’ Retirement System board.

For Patricia Ginestri, it meant the difference between isolation and support. For Cassandra St. Felix, it meant getting her job back. And for Gloria Winograd, it meant life-saving health benefits as she tackled Stage 4 cancer. Read their stories and...

The UFT launched its Union Loud and Proud campaign at the Feb. 3 Delegate Assembly in response to the relentless attacks by right-wing billionaires on teachers unions and the rest of organized labor.

A victory for Friedrichs would effectively turn every state into a “right-to-work’’ state. And that wouldn’t be good for workers, including teachers.

New state regulations governing English language instruction inspired the UFT with the support of the UFT Teacher Center and the District 20 superintendent to create the model, which was launched this year in five District 20 schools that were...