The UFT took to the airwaves on Feb. 3 in its all-out campaign to blast Governor Cuomo’s education priorities and to educate the public and state lawmakers about what #AllKidsNeed.
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.
A mindfulness committee is just one of the ways in which educators at the ASL & English Secondary School have been able to use the dedicated PD time in the new UFT-DOE contract to customize their individual professional learning experiences.
Sounding the alarm that students just learning English are not getting the services and supports they need, UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus told the City Council Education Committee on Feb. 25 that the Department of Education needs to...
The UFT announced on Feb. 27 that it will close its K–8 charter school in East New York, Brooklyn, at the end of the school year. At the same time, the union has asked the State University of New York to renew the charter for grades 9–12.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew convened a live webcast Q-&-A on Feb. 10 to paint a clearer picture for members of the governor’s harmful education proposals and the looming state budget negotiations in which the governor wields inordinate power.