UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before a New York City Council Committee on Education oversight hearing about proposed DOE co-locations.

The United Federation of Teachers, in a proposed amendment to a City Council resolution, today called for charter schools seeking free space in New York City public school buildings to be required to make public financial data and political donations...

During a visit to IS 52 in Inwood, UFT President Michael Mulgrew spoke with the staff about the new teacher evaluation system and the issues with the Common Core curriculum that the school has purchased. He reminded teachers concerned about the threat of a second high school co-location in their building that the union has initiated a lawsuit to halt the Bloomberg push for co-locations beyond his tenure and that mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has called for a moratorium on the practice.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, has led the union’s efforts to transform education in New York City and to secure the rights to jobs, justice and freedom for all New Yorkers.

More than 200 new chapter leaders gathered in Rye, New York for in-depth training on everything from teacher evaluation to school safety. The two-day weekend training session was the first of three that will held this school year.

After Mayor Bloomberg announced a lawsuit against the UFT concerning the terms of an agreement to assign more arbitrators to hear cases against teachers, UFT President Michael Mulgrew responded by bringing attention to the Bloomberg administration's...

Under New York State law, appointed teachers achieve tenure after completing a probationary period (usually four years) and fulfilling all the requirements for the professional certificate. In New York City, tenure is granted in your license...

How they set the groundwork for another successful school year

I decided to start the year off with a celebration of things my kindergarten and 1st-grade ESL students did last year.