An ordinary day in Christian Botte’s 7th-grade science classroom at IS 201 in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, turned into a frightening ordeal when an entire wall — including a large window — suddenly collapsed inward toward his students.

Between report cards, summer projects and cumulative records, there’s a lot to keep in mind in the final months of the school year. 


This school year, with the new time set aside in the UFT-DOE contract for parent engagement, educators at PS 17 in Astoria have been able to take their efforts to the next level.

High-stakes testing was not part of Johnson’s vision for our schools; it was introduced by the Bush administration in 2001. And it has been a disaster.

As educators, you know that the cafeteria is, without question, a reflection on the tone and climate of a particular school. The DOE has introduced a pilot school lunch program at a handful of schools across the city this year to try to change the...

Students and their teachers gathered at the UFT on April 17 for the BRAVE Video Awards ceremony, with screenings, pizza, popcorn and plaques.

Scores of faith and community leaders joined UFT President Michael Mulgrew for a wide-ranging discussion on education and educational inequity at the union’s fifth annual faith-based breakfast on April 16.

The annual District 24 Scholarship Dinner Dance puts “a spotlight on all the wonderful things that are going on in our district,” says UFT District 24 Representative Rosemary Parker.

The experience of Aedan, a kindergarten student with Down syndrome at PS 3 in the West Village, serves as a model of what is possible for some students with disabilities — if the stars are aligned.

More than 70 theater goers — a full house — turned out for "Junk Junkies," the UFT Players' original play about hoarders, on April 16.