For the 8th-graders from PS/IS 119 in Queens, the three-room, 325-square-foot walk-up in the Lower East Side tenement building was surprisingly not as cramped as they thought it would be. However, as ...

The cold, short days of late winter can drain even the most enthusiastic teachers and students. Seasoned educators know that keeping kids — and themselves — engaged and energetic requires some ...

Hundreds of UFT members joined thousands of demonstrators in Manhattan on Jan. 23 to show solidarity with Minneapolis-St. Paul, following the early January fatal shooting of a Minnesota substitute ...

For the first time in their 100-year history, the Rockettes welcomed middle school performers to their stage at Radio City Music Hall. The Basie Jewels, a student jazz ensemble from MS 72, the ...

The union’s Supplemental Health Insurance Program’s 2026 premium notices were sent in early January to retirees who did not elect to pay premiums via automatic pension deduction. Retirees who are ...

When she retired in 2022 after 32 years of teaching in the Bronx, Elizabeth Tremberger wanted to find a way to give back to the community. It just so happened that she attended the same church as the ...

Nick Chapman, Former President, Virtual Enterprises International Reina Utsunomiya, Senior Director, Early College and Career Schools, NYC Department of Education ...

“I love my job, but it’s hard to think that I may have to work for so long when my predecessors didn’t have to. I see the teachers at my school who are getting ready for retirement at 55 and that ...

We have all watched what has been unfolding in our cities: the mass deployment of federal agents to terrorize immigrant communities and advance a white nationalist agenda. We have seen our neighbors ...

The UFT wants state lawmakers and the governor to deliver on a number of priorities key to best serving New York City educators and the students they serve, including fixing Tier 6, revising the state ...

The UFT is taking aim at the School Construction Authority as it forecasts that as New York City public schools enter year four of the phased implementation of the state’s class-size reduction law, ...

Since retiring in 1995, Eva-Lee Baird has faithfully attended Retired Teachers Chapter meetings and kept up with the issues. But it wasn’t until the RTC launched the Labor Solidarity Project in late ...