There was prolonged applause at the April 9 Delegate Assembly when UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced that test scores will no longer be the deciding factor in student promotion decisions for Grades 3 to 8.

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York on April 8 abruptly laid off 775 employees, including 400 members of the Federation of Nurses/UFT, as part of a company restructuring, prompting an outcry from the union and the community.

No one ever expects to have a disabling accident or illness, and we hope this never happens to any of us. But in case it does, TRS offers some significant financial protections.

Danielle Chisolm has worked as a paraprofessional at the East River Academy on Rikers Island for seven years. The academy is jointly operated by the Department of Education and the Department of Corrections and enables young people to pursue a high...

The Retired Teachers Chapter was well-represented at the New York State United Teachers’ 42nd Representative Assembly April 4–6 at the New York Hilton.

A researcher, a teaching artist and a mime walk into the UFT. It’s not the setup to a joke, but the basis of the expanded literacies conference that took place at UFT headquarters on April 5.

A Kansas bill eliminating the due-process rights of K-12 teachers is headed to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s desk.

Raise awareness of world hunger, For traveling teachers, Changing lives, communities, Top parent groups sought, Planting for prizes

U.S. students scored in the middle of the pack among the 44 countries and regions participating in the first-ever international assessment of students’ creative problem-solving skills.

End-of-year evaluation, SBOs, program preference sheets, our first Team High School book release party, summer institute for high school educators, Build a Better School contest, and more.