UFT President Michael Mulgrew visited PS 257, the John F. Hylan School, in Brooklyn on Nov. 18 to share the latest in education news, answer educators’ questions, and observe a collaborative and successful school culture in action.

You are most effective as a chapter leader when you have the support and input of your colleagues. That’s why it is imperative that you establish a UFT consultation committee at your school and that this committee meets regularly.

Even as Seth Low Intermediate School rebuilds under the leadership of a new principal, the co-location of Eva Moskowitz's expanding Success Academy charter in its building has frustrated educators.

Chancellor Fariña announced a new evaluation system for schools that looks "beyond test scores" to take a multi-faceted approach to measuring success.

New York City Council members, joined by NAACP representatives, advocates, parent leaders and the UFT, launched a campaign to increase school diversity and credit multiple measures of student success at a press conference in the City Hall rotunda on...

With public schools under attack, the UFT will launch an ad campaign on Oct. 6 to remind New Yorkers of the passion and promise of public education. The 30-second spot, called “Think Big,” will air from Oct. 6 – Oct. 17 on broadcast, cable and social...

Retired Teachers Chapter Leader Tom Murphy is at it again with his lies. Obamacare is not effective. Medicare is not in better shape than pre-Obama.

I am a pupil accounting secretary. If charter schools are public schools, then why do they send back students to the school I work in who have behavior issues or learning disabilities or language barriers? If charter schools are public schools, why...

So there are more than 3,500 classes above the contractual limit [New York Teacher, Oct. 2]. What exactly is the legal hurdle to getting more room to create smaller classes? It’s clear that lower student-to-teacher ratios would equate with a higher...