More than 400 celebrants enjoyed a Chinese banquet in honor of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the year of the horse, at the Grand Harmony Restaurant in Chinatown on Feb. 28. The UFT Asian American Committee has been hosting the event for more than a quarter of a century.

Guidance counselors conference, paraprofessional festival, spring high school workshops, citywide meetings, sharing your successes and more.

On Feb. 27, the de Blasio administration announced plans to veto nine planned school co-locations for the 2014-15 school year after determining that they would be detrimental to the existing school communities. UFT President Michael Mulgrew applauded...

UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education Sterling Roberson testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education on the treatment of LGBT students, families and staff in the New York City public school system.

The education reform movement has an obsessive adherence to rigidly structured lesson plans, bewildering algorithms to quantify teacher effectiveness and the relentless collection and analysis of student data. But in my second year of teaching, I’ve...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew responded to the DOE's decision to keep New York City public schools open despite heavy snow and sleet.

UFT Vice President for Elementary Education Karen Alford testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Women's Issues to endorse New York City Council Resolution No. 2.

A working group of state Regents on Feb. 10 recommended multiple changes in the implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards statewide. Mulgrew said the recommendations did not solve the real problem with the Common Core rollout -- the lack...

Setting a markedly different tone from years past as he presented his vision for a more just city, Mayor Bill de Blasio thanked New York’s public employees for their hard work and contributions to the city in his first State of the City address on...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew applauded Governor Cuomo's appointment of an 11-member group to recommend changes to the flawed rollout of the Common Core standards.