Citing a disconnect between education research and policy, renowned Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond has launched a new education think tank, the Learning Policy Institute, with offices in Palo Alto and Washington.

President Obama on Sept. 7 issued an executive order requiring federal contractors to provide at least seven days of paid sick leave to employees, the latest in a recent series of workplace reforms put forward by this administration.

The Seattle Education Association on Sept. 20 approved a new contract, officially ending a five-day strike that had delayed the start of school.

The number of black public school teachers in some of the nation’s largest cities dropped markedly between 2002 and 2012, according to a new study by the AFT-funded Albert Shanker Institute.

Washington state’s Supreme Court has become the first in the nation to rule that charter schools are not public schools and therefore cannot receive state education funding.

All active UFT members who worked for the Department of Education between 2009 and 2015 plus those who retired after June 30, 2014 will receive five lump-sum payments between this October and 2020 associated with two 4 percent pay increases dating...

With smiling faces, loaded backpacks and high hopes for the year ahead, students across the city headed back to school on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

It’s time to reserve your seat for the UFT’s annual Teacher Union Day on Sunday, Nov. 1, at the New York Hilton Hotel. This year’s event honors the UFT chapters of seven schools across the city that galvanized their communities to fight back against...

All UFT members who retired on or after July 1, 2014, will receive an email and/or letter regarding the payment that was negotiated in the most recent UFT contract agreement.

The city has announced that the health plan open enrollment period for retirees will be the month of November 2015.