It’s not often that city kids calmly kneel before flowers and count bees and wasps. But the 21 students in Diane Corrigan’s 1st-grade class at PS 179 in Kensington did just that on a class trip to the Gateway National Recreation Area on Jamaica Bay in Queens on Oct. 9.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew discussed the new contract during an early-morning meeting on Oct. 7 at PS 24 in Riverdale, the Bronx, where he emphasized the opportunity it provides for educators to engage in “professional learning.”

With public schools and the educators who work in them under growing attack, the UFT launched a new TV ad on Oct. 6 to highlight the remarkable work that New York City public school teachers do and the pride that teachers take in their work.

UFT members from schools in the Bronx had fun while raising $450 to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer at the third annual Zumba class fundraiser on Oct. 2.

The UFT-endorsed candidates — from seasoned hands to newcomers — won big in the Sept. 9 primary races.

The U.S. teaching force has undergone major changes over the last 25 years. Teachers today are less experienced, more diverse, more female and, unfortunately, more likely to quit.

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At an early-morning meeting with UFT President Michael Mulgrew on Oct. 2, teachers at Seth Low IS 96 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, had a chance to discuss their concerns as the school year — and the school’s first dealing with co-location issues — begins.