Richard Mantell, the UFT vice president for junior high and intermediate schools, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education about the impact of standardized testing on students.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew welcomed more than 450 parents and community members to the union’s Queens Parent Conference, held at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel on Nov. 23. The theme of the conference was Partnering with Parents for Student Success. Rose Walker-Yates, the UFT Queens parent and community liaison, emphasized that the day’s workshops were geared to achieving that goal.

Resources for social workers and psychologists.

The fighting spirit of the Federation of Nurses/UFT was readily apparent among the 250 registered and licensed practical nurses assembled at the Westin Hotel for the group’s 34th annual Professional Issues Conference.

Free tickets are available for teachers, students and parents to see the new movie, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” The screenings will be on Monday, Nov. 25 at 4 p.m. at three theaters.

The UFT will make it a priority in its negotiations for the next teachers’ contract to have the DOE create a much larger menu of options for the local measure that includes authentic measures of student work such as project- and portfolio-based...

Vice President for Education Catalina Fortino testified before the New York State Assembly Committee on Education about the New York State Education Department’s plans to transfer all of the student information collected by the New York City...

After two and a half years of intense work, 27 speech teachers earned their master’s degrees and celebrated with a ceremony at UFT headquarters on Nov. 19. The degree is from Western Kentucky University, which offers an online course, along with the UFT Teacher Center, New York City Department of Education and New York State Education Department.

Class sizes in 1st through 5th grades rose for the sixth straight year this fall, reaching their highest levels in at least a decade, according to new data released by the Department of Education on Nov. 15.

As Mayor Bloomberg leaves office, it's become apparent that the city has consistently had more money available than the Mayor has maintained. Rather than be fair to city employees, the Bloomberg administration has repeatedly chosen to spend public...