The month of November is recognized as a time to celebrate and honor the history, culture and contributions of Native ...

Energized UFT members paired up with their fellow union members from the Philadelphia Teachers Union and AFT Pennsylvania on Sept. 21 to get out the vote for Kamala Harris in the battleground state.

For my 11th-grade American Literature integrated co-teaching class, which includes multilingual learners, participating in a student-run talk show after finishing a play or novel is an opportunity to ...

Bullying is on the rise in schools across the country, and New York City is no exception. More than half of middle and high school students who responded to the most recent NYC School Survey said ...

As a hearing officer for the city’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, UFT member Aubrey Lees adjudicates cases involving summonses issued by the city’s regulatory agencies. What does a ...

Every election is important, but one could argue that the general election on Nov. 5 is the single most important election in our lifetime. As union members and public school educators, we have a ...

UFT Welfare Fund members, both in-service and retired, and their families now have special access to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) thanks to a new partnership between the UFT Welfare Fund and the ...

Delegates at the UFT Delegate Assembly approved a resolution calling for the union to push for a fairer cost of living adjustment (COLA) for New York City public employee pensions. “The purpose of a ...

Marian Thom, a dynamic force for Asian American causes and a founding member of the UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter, died on Sept. 4 after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 88. “They ...

UFT members hit the phone lines and fanned out from New York City to Philadelphia and Scranton, Pennsylvania, this fall to campaign for Kamala Harris for president, as well as other pro-union, ...

The latest online mapping tools can do much more than get us from points A to B. With features such as data collection and media integration, online maps can be used in the classroom to take student ...

Bronx elementary school teacher Lorraine Castro retired in 2022 to help care for her baby granddaughter. Little did she know that would become just one of her part-time jobs in retirement. In addition ...