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UFT Teacher Center opens at PS 100, Brooklyn

PS 100, in South Brooklyn, on June 3 opened its new UFT Teacher Center, the product of a strong working relationship between Chapter Leader Joanne Bullaro, Assistant Principal Tabatha Romano and Principal Katherine Moloney.

Student performance at Transit Tech Career and Technical Education HS, Brooklyn

It was a “Thriller” of an evening for Transit Tech Career and Technical Education HS in Brooklyn on June 11, when a full auditorium of students, staff and family members was treated to a student performance of “Unstoppable: A Tribute to the Jackson...

New York City Coaches Association/UFT awards dinner

Teachers who coach in addition to other responsibilities celebrated the end of anothr year's work and gave out awards to members of the New York City Coaches Association/UFT on June 13.

The destruction of New Orleans’ public school system

The New Orleans Recovery School District has with the end of this school year shuttered its last five remaining traditional public schools, creating the country’s first all-charter school district.

California tenure law found unconstitutional

In a landmark decision with national ramifications, a Los Angeles judge on June 10 struck down the state’s laws governing teacher tenure, firings and layoffs.

First Book event is first-rate

I attended the First Book event in Far Rockaway on May 31 and was so happy to see so many excited parents and their children waiting on line to get books.

Much was accomplished in 2013-14

We expended a lot of energy — and relied heavily on your involvement — these last several years fighting against Mayor Bloomberg and his mistaken policies. Now we’ll be able to channel that energy into thinking creatively about how we can improve our...

‘More than a profession’

Nine school secretaries were honored at the 28th Annual School Secretaries of the Year Awards Luncheon, which drew approximately 200 secretaries and their family members, friends and colleagues.

New York City Excellence in School Wellness Award Ceremony

Sixty-one schools across the city were honored for making strides in creating healthier school environments for their students over the past school year at the New York City Excellence in School Wellness Award Ceremony.

A top-down plan for charters’ growth

Over the last 15 years, as the number of charter schools around the country has multiplied, the movement has increasingly become dominated by charter school networks such as Success Academy and Uncommon Schools as opposed to independent or community...