I am concerned about President Mulgrew being one of the signatories to a New York Central Labor Council statement in support of the carriage horse trade. As a member of the UFT Humane Education Committee, I would like to state that many teachers work...

Thanks to a partnership between the UFT and the nonprofit OneSight, 500 elementary and middle school students from a UFT Community Learning School in Bedford-Stuyvesant had their vision screened recently and those who needed glasses received them.

The UFT, NYSUT and the AFT together spearheaded a major push on April 25 to allow educators to discuss the content of the Pearson-created state ELA tests administered in early April, after they were barred from revealing the questions.

Partnership was the overarching theme of the fourth annual UFT faith-based breakfast on April 24, when about 140 clergy came to union headquarters to learn how they could partner with the union to help improve the lives of children.

The UFT Delegate Assembly on May 7 endorsed New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat in his primary bid against Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel in the 1st Congressional District.

They’re just not going to take it anymore. In New York and across the country, a growing number of parents upset by the overemphasis on standardized state tests and the high stakes attached to them are “opting out” of the exams.

State Sen. Jeffrey Klein kept a promise he made to UFT members on Lobby Day in March on UFT Lobby Day, announcing on May 8 that they would receive $1.5 million in state funding.

In this column, Vice President for Education Carmen Alvarez share her thoughts on how the chancellor’s vision can be operationalized in the realm of special education.

Grants for teachers, an innovation challenge for high school students, grants to stop bullying, fellowship and award for children's librarians.

After an accident he suffered seven years ago left him a quadriplegic, Matthew Valente, a graduate of Michael J. Petrides HS, might have settled for a restricted life in a wheelchair surrounded by sympathetic friends and family. Instead, with the...