Preliminary returns from a recent UFT survey of school chapter leaders show that most schools are still missing all or part of the materials they need to teach the new common core curriculum.

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Bill Thompson, the UFT’s endorsed candidate for mayor, vowed on Sept. 10 to stay in the race until all the absentee and affidavit ballots are counted after coming in second in the Democratic Primary.

UFT members were working the phone banks and out on the streets today in a full-court press to support Thompson, Stringer and our other endorsed candidates.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew stood on Sept. 9 with Bill Thompson, the union’s choice to lead New York City, at a campaign rally on the steps of City Hall to underscore the importance of getting out the vote the next day.

In the weeks leading up to the Democratic Primary on Sept. 10, the UFT has pulled out all the stops in its campaign to make sure that Bill Thompson will be elected the next mayor of New York.

Tracey Wong’s goal when she arrived at PS 54 in Bedford Park, the Bronx, a year ago, she said, was “to make reading fun and cool and to make the library a hub of activity and a center of learning and collaboration.” She’s met her goal and much more.

This Writers’ Work in Progress bulletin board is used to highlight new things my students are trying out as writers during Writing Workshop.