“Education for the 21st century!” That’s how Chapter Leader Brenda Casey of PS 371 in Sunset Park described the workshops at the UFT’s annual Spring Education Conference.

JetBlue’s 2,529 pilots have voted to unionize.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan on April 24 revoked the state of Washington’s No Child Left Behind waiver after the state failed to tie teacher evaluations to student results on state exams.

Howard University’s adjunct faculty voted overwhelmingly on April 30 to form a union, making it the first of the nation’s 105 historically black colleges and universities to have an adjunct faculty union.

While it is refreshing to see that The New York Times is in favor of raises for teachers, I take issue with the statement that the reason teachers leave the profession is because there is “little possibility of advancement.”

I’m not surprised by City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s report that arts education is underfunded. I am a full-time visual arts teacher. My students do not have dance, music or theater, other than what visiting organizations provide.

“I’ve never heard so much applause for a chancellor,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew remarked as nearly 1,700 UFT members enthusiastically welcomed Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña onto the stage for a wide-ranging town hall discussion at the union’s...

I love the fact that the UFT president and the New York City schools chancellor can get together and have a productive conversation about anything, the way they did at the UFT Spring Education Conference on April 26. For too long it’s been an...

UFT President Mulgrew must now focus his attention on pressuring the DOE to investigate the Bloomberg academy-appointed principals. As more and more teachers come forward, we are finding that the “academy” principals did a great job of harassing...