Anti-creaming law pushed by UFT
The UFT is calling on the state Legislature to enact “anti-creaming” laws requiring taxpayer-funded charter schools and networks to accept and keep high-needs students in numbers comparable to those in public schools.
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The world is their classroom
When Allyson Compton’s 12th-grade students enter her classroom at the HS for Environmental Studies in midtown Manhattan, they become United Nations delegates. What's at stake in the day's session isn't just their grades but the political futures of...
A better comprehension of science concepts
Basic and science inquiry process skills are an integral part of my daily teaching and learning.
Retiree optional rider checks to be mailed in February
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, who chairs the union’s Welfare Fund Board of Trustees, is pleased to announce that retirees will be receiving their Optional Rider Reimbursement at the end of February.
CTE Awards Recognition Ceremony 2016
“It’s the collective efforts of each and every one of you that provides access to education for our students,” said Sterling Roberson, the UFT vice president for career and technical education high schools, at this year’s CTE Awards Recognition Ceremony. More than 35 educators were recognized for their work at the Feb. 4 celebration at the UFT’s Shanker Hall.
Reporting TRS distributions on your federal income tax
If you received one or more of the distributions listed below during 2015, you are required to report the total gross amount of the distribution in box 16a and the taxable amount of the distribution in box 16b on your 2015 federal income tax form...
School budgets still lagging in most states
Bulging class sizes, stagnant salaries, fewer teachers and limited supplies of everything from books to copy paper: That is what the reduction in per-pupil state funding looks like in thousands of classrooms around the country since the Great...
New push for more state aid for schools
Throwing down the gauntlet before the governor’s budget address, parents and other education advocates on Jan. 10 called on the state to pay the billions of dollars it owes New York City public schools.
Repairing the Common Core
Nearly 5,000 teachers responded to the State Education Department’s invitation this past fall to weigh in on the Common Core Learning Standards. The standards, first rolled out in 2012, have provoked fierce controversy and the governor’s Common Core...