The New York City Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT’s annual spring professional development conference attracted 75 educators to UFT headquarters in Manhattan for the group’s second ...

We’re at the midpoint of the two-year phase-in of the city’s new reading programs for elementary schools. Given the city’s diverse student population, the most pressing issue for educators has been ...

Thousands of special education students in New York City public schools this school year are still without the services they are legally entitled to because of massive shortages of paraprofessionals, ...

Expecting parents in their last trimester are invited to attend a small group consultation with Queens leave specialists Greer Hansen and Anne Wine. Participants will have the opportunity to ask ...

About 1,700 UFT members and guests marked the union’s 65th anniversary at this year’s observance of Teacher Union Day on Nov. 2 by honoring union members past and present for their efforts to improve ...

When Chapter Leader Debbie Strack Cregan returned to work at PS 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens, in the spring of 2023 following medical leave for knee replacement surgery, she didn’t recognize her ...

Reduce class sizes Fix Tier 6 RESPECT check for paraprofessionals ...

Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant), one of the nation’s leading mental health organizations, announces a new partnership with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to introduce transformative mental ...

Dayniah Manderson’s favorite genre to teach in her 8th-grade English classes at Mott Hall Community School is dystopian fiction. “I love that the hero challenges the status quo because it coincides ...

“We’re the protectors of our students’ hopes and dreams,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the more than 1,100 members at the union’s Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on ...

Jouleni Cruz had parent-teacher conferences on her mind as she exited East-West School of International Studies in Flushing, Queens, and headed for her car on Sept. 28. Suddenly, she heard the ...

Mental health services are available to all UFT members throughout the summer courtesy of the UFT's Member Assistance Program. Members are invited to participate in MAP’s seasonal self-care group.