Five years after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave $100 million to public schools in Newark, NJ, it has come to light that millions of those dollars went to consultants and charter schools through a reform movement that has operated with little...

Three New York City public schools received $6,500 each to put toward a project as winners of the Build a Better School contest sponsored by the UFT and its partners.

The annual West Indian Day Parade — traditionally held on Labor Day — brings about two million people to Crown Heights. More than 100 UFT members joined the festivities — riding on the UFT float or marching alongside it.

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All initial planning conferences under the teacher evaluation and development system must be held by Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Here are some key points to help you prepare for this important meeting.

A little-noticed clause that state legislators tucked into the omnibus bill that ended the legislative session in June could make the already glaring inequities between charter and traditional public schools even worse.

The toe-tapping musical “Teach It Right, or, Right to Teach” toured the parks and playgrounds of the city this summer, presenting its story of the challenges and struggles facing public education through the ordeals of a teacher and a middle school...

Cultivating and celebrating trust and respect among adolescents in New York City is what student-written YCTeen magazine is all about. Teachers in New York City public high schools can get the print magazine for free.

The historic refusal by one in five New York State students to take state tests tied to the Common Core Learning Standards this spring has prompted elected leaders and state education officials to once again review the standards.

Students, teachers and parents formed a huge peace symbol in the schoolyard of PS 69 in Jackson Heights in celebration of International Peace Day on Sept. 21.