Seeking to make sure that detailed records of Mayor Bloomberg’s management of the schools do not end up being transferred or destroyed, the UFT has filed a Freedom of Information Law request for a wide range of documents and emails produced by his...

The Affordable Care Act promises to provide affordable health insurance to 30 million uninsured Americans. For the 350,000 UFT members and their families covered by city health insurance plans and the UFT Welfare Fund, the impact of the new...

Special education teachers have raised alarms about changes this year to the alternate assessment.One big concern is that the test, administered in stages throughout the year, can eat up more than 100 hours of class time.

Students at PS 123 in Brooklyn were not happy about the conditions in the basement of their 100-year-old building, where they spend their recess and lunch time.

We have always believed in the importance of quality early childhood education for all our children, but achieving it has not been politically feasible in the past. With our new mayor making pre-K his signature education initiative, the stars are...

Carlos Acosta is well known at UFT headquarters for his warm smile and friendliness as he carves the roast or serves up other goodies in the cafeteria, where he works during the week. What they may not know about him is that, when not working, he...

Eleanor Terry has a contagioius enthusiasm for math. The Brooklyn high school teacher assigns math projects relevant to students' lives and interests, from conducting voter exit polls to calculating potential college loan payments.

I teach technology and social studies to students in pre-K through 5th grade at PS 369 in the Bronx. It’s a high-needs neighborhood — there are homeless shelters nearby and there’s a large immigrant population. I have bilingual students and special...

Bill de Blasio’s selection of Carmen Fariña as the new schools chancellor has raised hopes among classroom educators of an end to the obsession with high-stakes testing and a renewed focus on teaching and learning.

New York University has becomes the first private university in the country whose graduate employees are unionized. Teaching and research assistants voted in December to join the UAW in a bid for better pay and benefits.