For three years, school psychologist Reid Olmstead has counseled special-needs students at P 186, a District 75 school for special-needs students in the Morrisania section of the Bronx.

The joy and versatility of early childhood education were on full display at the UFT’s eighth annual Early Childhood Conference on March 7. The theme of the conference was “Learning Together, Growing Together,” and more than 600 educators did just...

The UFT is appealing a state judge’s ruling that allowed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of teacher tenure and seniority rights to proceed. 


Summer seminars, projects and materials, grants, environmental education, critical thinking, grants for stringed instruments and PTOs.

It’s time to order your tickets for the UFT’s annual Spring Education Conference, which promises to be a day of celebration and inspiration for our work as public school educators. The Saturday, May 30 event will feature a town hall, exhibits, a gala...

Now that city and state budgets are back in the black, the City Council should restore funding for Teacher’s Choice, UFT Vice President Evelyn DeJesus told the Council in budget testimony on March 25.


Click on the UFT website to see the photos of parents and teachers, arms interlocked, circling hundreds of city schools to “protect” them from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s devastating education agenda.

Teaching Ethan Canin's "The Palace Thief" has renewed my faith in English literature being an avenue to develop emotional maturity in my students.