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The trouble with the charter movement

My school was invaded by Green Dot Charter School — first the fourth floor, then third floor, then the auditorium where they gave rousing speeches, then they took the teachers’ lounge for a yoga studio so the teachers can eat in the stockroom with a...

Day of Unity at DeWitt Clinton HS, the Bronx

Bronx families flocked to DeWitt Clinton HS in the Kingsbridge section on April 25 for flag football, volleyball, basketball clinics, face painting and other amusements as part of the school’s Day of Unity.

Is free trade really free?

Free trade has never been free for the American worker, according to the 
broad coalition of labor, environmental, consumer-rights, good-government and other groups fighting against a proposed new trade deal, theTrans-Pacific Partnership.

Administrative law judges ratify first contract

After more than eight years without a contract, administrative law judges represented by the UFT have ratified their first-ever agreement with the city. Judges' pay will rise 36 percent over the course of the 11-year contract.


VP Alvarez among UFT members honored

At the top of the agenda of this 2015 NYSUT assembly was the union’s response to Gov. Cuomo’s attack on public education and educators. Four UFT leaders were honored

Our three priorities

Although the end is in sight, we still have much to do before the end of the school year and of the legislative session in Albany and the adoption of the final city budget for the next fiscal year.

Embrace technology

Your first foray into technology and online units can be a toe dip. Use the resources and skills you already have to create something that will work for your students.

Cuomo’s gift to his hedge-fund allies

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found a new way to help his ultra-wealthy campaign contributors while at the same time hurting public schools. He is proposing an education tax credit that would richly reward his campaign donors by giving individuals and...

Urban Institute of Mathematics and Urban Assembly Academy of Civic Engagement in the Bronx host carnival

Two schools that share a building in the Bronx joined forces to host a carnival in the school playground on April 25.

Academy of the City Charter ratifies new contract

Teachers and other staff at Academy of the City Charter School in Queens approved a new contract, which introduced class-size limits, improved the committee structure at the school, and provides educators with a 11 percent pay increase over three...