Thousands of educators, parents and students across the city gathered on March 12 to join hands to protect their schools and protest Gov. Cuomo’s harmful education agenda.

Thousands of educators, parents and students across the city gathered on March 12 to join hands to protect their schools and protest Gov. Cuomo’s harmful education agenda.

Thousands of educators, parents and students across the city gathered on March 12 to join hands to protect their schools and protest Gov. Cuomo’s harmful education agenda.

Thousands of educators, parents and students across the city gathered on March 12 to join hands to protect their schools and protest Gov. Cuomo’s harmful education agenda.

The theme of the UFT's eighth annual Early Childhood Education Conference on March 7 was "Learning Together, Growing Together," and more than 600 educators did just that in workshops that highlighted the joy and versatility of early childhood education.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have billionaire friends, but we have something his money can never buy: people power.

Charter schools do not educate their fair share of high-needs students and that must change before Gov. Cuomo pushes through any increase in the number of charters operating in the city, UFT President Michael Mulgrew told a crowded press conference...

Through new media such as Twitter and Facebook to more traditional forms of protest, members and allies are getting out the word that the governor’s proposals would harm children, damage schools and threaten the future of public education.


For the past 12 years, members and friends of the UFT African-American Heritage Committee have gathered to mark Black History Month and to honor those who exemplify the group’s ideals.