There were 40,000 books given away to parents and teachers at the UFT/AFT First Book event in the schoolyard of PS 175 in Harlem on April 27.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew discussed the state of teacher evaluations and the shifting balance of power between the State Education Department and the Board of Regents; the pending reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and the need for greater collaboration between schools during a meeting with members at Manhattan Village Academy on April 23.

Tutoring, evaluation, tenure, professional development, school-based options and concerns the DOE is unaware of HES students' needs.

More than 450 attended the annual District 24 Scholarship Fund Dinner Dance on April 21 at Russo’s on the Bay in Queens to honor educators who have made a difference in their schools and communities and to raise money for outstanding scholarship-winning students in the district.

With Gov. Andrew Cuomo continuing to push his test-obsessed education plan, the UFT launched an ad campaign on April 21 to remind New Yorkers of how out of step Cuomo is on the education issues they care about.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew discussed high-stakes testing, the opt-out movement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s misguided education policies and teacher evaluations during a Meet the President gathering of nearly 200 District 31 and Staten Island high school members in a catering hall in the borough’s South Beach area.

More than 70 people came out to the UFT headquarters in Manhattan on April 16 to see the UFT Players perform “Junk Junkies,” an original musical play about hoarders, conceived by Barbara Haspel and written by her, Milton Polsky, Tasha Paley, Allan Yasher and Warren Wyss.

More than 360 attended the annual District 21 Scholarship Fund Dinner Dance on April 16 at a Brooklyn catering hall to honor educators who have made a difference in their schools and communities and to raise money for worthy scholarship-winning students from each school in the district.

The United Federation of Teachers calls on the Board of Regents to hold public hearings in New York City as a means of engaging educators and the public in the implementation of the mandated changes to the teacher evaluation system.

The UFT opposes the disproportionate impact of any test in relation to its educational value, supports the right of parents and guardians to choose to opt their child out of standardized tests, calls for all state-mandated assessments used in New...