UFT Humane Education Committee P-course
During the past three months, some two dozen teachers met on eight Saturdays in a P-course focused on Promoting Success in Science and Literacy Through Humane Education.
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DOE says it will speed up PCB light fixture removal
The Department of Education has finally agreed to speed its replacement of light fixtures laden with cancer-causing PCBs that threaten the health and safety of students and staff in 650 city schools.
Meet the President: Manhattan high schools and Districts 5 and 6
UFT President Michael Mulgrew told members at a Meet the President event at the Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem on May 16 that the union has succeeded in helping the public see the damage that the Bloomberg administration has done to city schools. Now, the UFT must work to ensure that Bloomberg’s education policies end when he leaves office.
Arbitration process to settle evaluation system begins
The UFT and the city Department of Education each submitted lengthy proposals for a New York City teacher evaluation system to the State Education Department on May 8. State Education Commissioner John King will consider the proposals and decide on a...
Contract fact-finding kicks off
The UFT began the first fact-finding hearing for a new contract on May 6. The dispute pivots largely on the question of pattern bargaining. The UFT’s position is that its members are entitled to the same raises as other city workers have received...
Noteworthy graduates: Judge Milton A. Tingling, NYS Supreme Court Justice
Judge Tingling, who halted Bloomberg’s ban on oversized sugary drinks, went to school in Harlem in the 1960s. “My 3rd-grade teacher Ms. Commack recently reached out to me; my teachers say they are proud of me. But not more than I am of them,” he says...
Trying to find a ‘grand bargain’
Lots of conversations are going on about President Obama’s proposal to change the calculation of our Social Security COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) from the present Consumer Price Index (CPI) to the chained CPI, which would result in smaller annual...
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson outlines his vision for city schools
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson gave a speech today outlining his vision for the city’s public schools and slamming Mayor Bloomberg’s education policies. Among the goals cited by Thompson, a former head of the Board of Education, were expanding the...
UFT Hispanic Affairs Committee’s 10th annual Heritage Celebration and Awards Gala
The contributions of four new awardees as well as 10 former awardees were celebrated at the UFT Hispanic Affairs Committee’s 10th annual Heritage Celebration and Awards Gala on May 15.