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 ...

At the beginning of the year, I tape this chart to my students’ tables and teach them to use the hand signals whenever we’re in ‘discussion mode.’ Students who are more timid can contribute without ...

Having “a woman in the room” while she took technology classes in high school helped light the pathway to success for Karina Budhu, the winner of this year’s Edwin Espaillat Award at the 2025 CTE ...

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 ...

This March, UFT members expressed their growing concern with the Trump administration’s policies on the first national Day of Action organized by the American Federation of Teachers, the UFT’s ...

Diffit for Teachers is an AI-powered software that is making my classroom fundamentally more inclusive. Teachers can make a free account. Text in the curriculum has usually been written to reach the ...

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 ...

UFT members who want to get involved in local races this year can contact their borough’s political action coordinator: Candidates in the crowded race for New York City mayor must fulfill a new ...

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 ...

Fixing Tier 6, providing adequate funding for public schools, banning cellphones in school and supporting standout union programs such as the UFT Teacher Center were top of mind as about 1,000 ...

The Member Action Committee (MAC) is a group of UFT members who are ready and willing to mobilize in support of issues that affect labor, education and our membership. Committee members will receive ...