As a result of our intense negotiations with the DOE over our concerns with the NYC Solves curriculum, the DOE is releasing ...

Member participation builds our union’s power. That’s why we launched Union Power Points, a new program that encourages ...

Teaching artists at Lincoln Center, who are represented by the UFT, voted unanimously on Jan. 31 to ratify a new five-year contract with Lincoln Center. The two dozen teaching artists, whose previous ...

“Be kind, rewind” is a slogan that disappeared with VHS tapes, but it succinctly illustrates the basic elements of kindness: Even a small, seemingly trivial act can make life a little better for ...

The fact that the Justice Department is holding you hostage on your criminal case does not mean that you are free to ignore your responsibilities to the children and educators of New York City. Since ...

WHEREAS, tenured teachers who are on a leave of absence for a year do not receive a rating, which then places them in the category to receive additional observations (three informal and one formal) ...

Eligible educators can deduct from their federal income taxes up to $300 of unreimbursed expenses from 2024 for books, supplies, computer equipment (including related software and services), other ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to set a maximum classroom temperature of 88 degrees in public schools following a campaign led by the UFT and its state affiliate NYSUT. The new law takes ...

For the past 14 years, Adrianna DeAngelis has taught a pre-K class at Birch Family Services, a nonprofit agency that runs educational, employment, family support and residential programs for people ...

So you taught it only yesterday, but today your students remember none of it! As a middle school social studies teacher, I’ve faced this challenge countless times. This year, while teaching ...

Retiree Mark Grashow was visiting a high school in northern Zimbabwe 18 years ago when a teacher showed him a battered edition of “Romeo and Juliet,” which no students were allowed to touch or read ...

Reading scores dropped to a new low on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, while math scores were stagnant for 8th-graders and up slightly for 4th-graders. The NAEP results, often ...