The 15th annual District 24 Scholarship Dinner Dance on April 24 continued its tradition of honoring outstanding teachers, students, paraprofessionals, principals and elected officials. About 450 people helped to celebrate the achievements of the...

Donesa Jackson, our section coordinator in Orlando, Fla., hosted the first Orlando Labor Seminar, a call to action that rallied more than 100 union leaders, community organizations, clergy, retiree groups and educators to strengthen and affirm their...

For proof that the influence of a great teacher can last a lifetime, look no further than Sandra Mittelman, who retired in 2012 after teaching English at Russell Sage JHS in Forest Hills for 21 years.

Just about every page of Laurel Sturt’s new book, “Davonte’s Inferno: Ten Years in the New York Public School Gulag,” echoes the anger, frustration and demoralization that city teachers endured for more than a decade under former mayor Michael...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew paused after saying those words aloud while reading an excerpt from the essay “Why Teach” during the launch for math teacher Jose Vilson’s book “This is Not a Test” at UFT headquarters on May 6.

Twenty-five music teachers from elementary, middle and high schools throughout the city came to UFT headquarters on April 26 for the Innovative Drum Circles workshop organized by the Music Teachers Association/UFT.

The annual May Day celebration of worker solidarity drew hundreds of people to City Hall Park on May 1, including members of the UFT and other unions and advocacy groups.

With summer just around the corner, it’s crucial to meet upcoming deadlines for certification if your current teaching certificate is near its expiration date.

Roughly 275 speech teachers, students and their families came out for an evening of fun and awards at the UFT Speech Improvement Chapter’s eighth annual Better Speech and Hearing Month Celebration at UFT headquarters on May 14. More than 80 students and their teachers received awards for projects, including posters, poems and videos, which explain what they do in speech therapy and what it means to them.

Thirteen providers and Anne Goldman, the union’s vice president for non-DOE members, were honored at the UFT Family Child Care Providers Chapter’s second annual Provider Appreciation Awards Ceremony on May 9. Almost 250 providers, their family and friends came out for the celebratory event, which fell the day after New York State’s Provider Appreciation Day.