After graduating from Queens Technical HS in 2015, UFT Career and Technical Education Award winner Mohammed Hossain spent two years in college pursuing his passion — electrical engineering. But rather ...

Whether you are preparing for tenure or applying for a transfer to a new school through the Open Market Transfer system, compiling a digital teaching portfolio can be a wise move. Digital portfolios ...

Fun and games with a purpose sums up the first game night organized by the UFT Climate and Justice Committee on March 21 at UFT headquarters. The 25 participants got to try Energetic: The Board Game, ...

The National Treasury Employees Union has filed a lawsuit that seeks to block President Donald Trump’s March 27 executive order revoking the collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of ...

With spring’s arrival, we enter field trip season in schools. Curriculum trends come and go, but field trips have been a mainstay of K–12 education for decades. Trips are fun excursions and provide a ...

Forms of communication come and go, but public speaking has remained popular from ancient times through today. People tune into award shows primarily to watch the acceptance speeches. A speech can ...

At the Feb. 12 Delegate Assembly, delegates approved one resolution mandating the UFT to advocate for tenured teachers who receive a “No Rating” due to their leave of absence. These teachers, the ...

Small UFT contingents led by paraprofessionals met with New York City Council members throughout March to lobby them to support the “RESPECT check” legislation. “We’re hoping to educate our elected ...

Now hear this: The UFT Welfare Fund has improved an important benefit for members who have experienced hearing loss. The reimbursement for hearing aids, previously $1,500 every three years for UFT ...

More than 200 religious and community leaders packed Shanker Hall for the union’s faith-based and community breakfast on March 20 to discuss how to rise to the challenges of the current political ...

In New York City public schools, middle school educators wear many hats. We act as role models, advisers, mentors, counselors and sometimes surrogate parents for our students. Our work goes well ...

The city Department of Education notified more than 700 schools that they would receive all or most of the funding they requested to hire additional teachers to lower class sizes this September. "What ...