The Energy Environment Research Center, the brainchild of high school science teacher Nathaniel Wight and his students at the Bronx Design and Construction Academy, is just one example of the great work that CTE educators and their students do in...

With hands covering their eyes and appeals for “no peeking” and “don’t ruin the surprise,” 1st-graders from PS 62 in Richmond Hill shrieked with glee when they opened their classroom door and found brightly colored tables and chairs instead of their...

The UFT Irish American Committee honored the Lower East Side Tenement Museum at its annual celebration on March 6 at UFT headquarters, continuing a tradition of paying tribute to a person or organization that promotes deeper understanding and...

For more than a quarter century, hundreds of UFT members have turned out each year to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Lunar New Year Banquet hosted by the Asian American Heritage Committee.

Puppies bring out the little kid in everyone, it seems. But one afterschool program is showing that puppies can also awaken something else: leadership and self-confidence in girls. That’s the ambitious agenda of Unleashed at the Clinton MS for...

Professional development on Constitution Works, a free bullying curriculum, a Sherlock Holmes grant, summer workshops at New York's botanical gardens, honoring teachers at the MLB All-Star Game, educational software, music education and resources for...

For the 150 animals sheltered at the Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue in Ozone Park, Queens, the 4th-graders of nearby PS 65 are truly the cat’s meow.

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Our Retired Teachers Chapter members in Florida worked incredibly hard on the special election on March 11 to determine who would represent Florida’s 13th congressional district. Unfortunately, our candidate, Democrat Alex Sink, suffered a narrow...

We sign a check, address a letter or leave a note and never think twice about the complexity of what we have just done. Yet for some children, handwriting is a skill that may take years to master. Occupational therapists working with these children...