More than 270 friends and members of the UFT’s African Heritage Committee kicked off Black History Month on a celebratory note at the committee’s 11th annual dinner dance and awards ceremony on Feb. 7 at Antun’s in Queens. Awards were given to Anne Goldman, the union’s first-ever vice president for non-DOE members, I. Daneek Miller, the new City Councilman from District 27 in Queens, and teacher Marquis Harrison.

Third-grade students from PS 117 in Briarwood conclude one writing unit with a celebration of their “published” work at a local bookstore.

Beatriz Cordoba from PS 212 in Gravesend, Brooklyn officially teaches theater. But with an eclectic background in art, dance, music, theater and stage combat, she combines all her expertise into a unique program she has dubbed “dramarts.”

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In the wake of a recent lab accident at a Manhattan high school, UFT delegates overwhelmingly approved a resolution to call on the Department of Education to put a lab specialist in every secondary school and to ensure that every science teacher has...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the Delegate Assembly this month that the union hopes to have a new contract by the end of the school year.

“CTE today is the cool thing,” proclaimed UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education Sterling Roberson, setting the tone for this year’s CTE Awards Recognition Ceremony. More than 35 educators were recognized for their work at the Feb. 6 celebratory event at the UFT’s Shanker Hall. “When you see students engaged in a whole different setting, a student who all of a sudden lights up, that’s what CTE is all about,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew praised the awardees. Awards were also given by the union’s industry partners, including Adobe, the Municipal Credit Union and Johnson Inc.

Members of the Federation of Nurses/UFT on Jan. 30 overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. The home health care agency agreed to a contract that preserves the nurses’ existing health care and pension...

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