Non-supervisory educators (teachers, guidance counselors, school secretaries, social workers and psychologists) are now required to use the Self-Service Online Leave Application System (SOLAS) to apply for maternity leaves, restoration of health...

Richard Berman, a public relations executive with a history of helping corporations bash the labor movement, has unleashed a campaign to smear the American Federation of Teachers and its president, Randi Weingarten.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his annual budget address on Jan. 21 to announce the creation of a state commission to fix the problems with the statewide implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards.

The staff of PS 177 in Fresh Meadows helped students from a neighboring middle school evacuate a smoking school bus on Dec. 20.

David Kazansky, the UFT Director for Safety and Health, said the Jan. 2 accident at Beacon HS occurred because of “a systemic failure” of the DOE, which has not staffed secondary schools with laboratory specialists.

A six-hour course in the prevention and intervention of bullying, discrimination and harassment is now required for certification by the New York State Dignity for All Act.

As the corporate education reform movement reshapes public education in much of the United States, a logical question is: How might this end? What could U.S. education look like in 20 years if current trends toward privatization continue? One...

We’ve got plenty to be angry about. Our challenge is to harness our anger and channel it in a productive direction as we fight for the changes we need.

The amount of time that the alternate assessment for severely disabled students takes away from teaching has been an issue since the test came out, although this year’s changes were the most ridiculous to date.

The UFT's new vice president for middle schools introduces himself, describes his passion teaching middle school and says there is an opportunity now in the city to transform middle school education.