In a speech at NYU on April 10, State Education Commissioner John King condemned the moratorium on the use of high-stakes testing for students and criticized the movement to extend the moratorium to teachers. He also announced three new initiatives...

As the Peer Intervention Program (PIP) celebrates its 25th anniversary, Program Coordinator Lynne Ann Kilroy credits a practice of “constantly refining what we do, constantly evolving,” for the program’s success in helping struggling teachers reach...

On April 9, the DOE announced that a new promotion policy that takes into account teachers' and principals' recommendations rather than students' test scores would take effect this school year. UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement...

The UFT supports the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 and will work to support its passage in Congress.

The UFT stands in solidarity with the UPS drivers in Queens and pledges to help them in their fight to retain their jobs and to ensure fairness and decent treatment by their employer.

In recognition of the fact that May Day is also known as International Workers' Day and has significance to the labor movement, the UFT will fully support and participate in the May Day 2014 Labor Rights, Immigrant Rights and Jobs for All rally.

The UFT calls upon the New York State Department of Education to ensure that the NYSAA is revised so that it better accounts for the cognitive and functional level of students and ensure that the challenges of the NYSAA assessment do not unfairly...

NYSUT delegates elected a new president along with a slate of other new officers in a contested election at the state teachers' union's 42nd Representative Assembly.

The UFT's end-of-year evaluation guide, SBO guidance, organizing the UFT chapter at your school, survey about the use of online grading programs, spring high school workshops and more.

More than 500 educators came to share ideas and learn at the union’s first annual Middle School Conference on Saturday, March 29, held at UFT headquarters. They participated in workshops, visited exhibitors’ booths and heard from Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, who was the keynote speaker, UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.