Union members enrolled in the UFT Welfare Fund and their eligible dependents can now get eyeglasses or contact lenses more ...

CTE programs are a vital bridge between education and industry, offering students hands-on learning experiences that lead to ...

Have you ever had a Department of Health inspector come to your day care and write you up for a violation? Thought you were in compliance with all of the regulations only to be surprised you had ...

The Federation of Nurses/ UFT sent a 10-day strike notification to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn on Tuesday night, Feb. 18. Unions are required by federal labor law to give healthcare institutions 10 ...

Integrating the arts into the curriculum yields many benefits for students, from building social and emotional skills to developing creative talents and fostering cultural awareness. Incorporating art ...

So you taught it only yesterday, but today your students remember none of it! As a middle school social studies teacher, I’ve faced this challenge countless times. This year, while teaching ...

Every year, between December and March, our chapter pauses its monthly membership meetings to accommodate the UFT Welfare Fund retiree benefits meetings. In that interval, I have some time to reflect ...

For the past 14 years, Adrianna DeAngelis has taught a pre-K class at Birch Family Services, a nonprofit agency that runs educational, employment, family support and residential programs for people ...

The fact that the Justice Department is holding you hostage on your criminal case does not mean that you are free to ignore your responsibilities to the children and educators of New York City. Since ...

When Nicole Keaster purchased a Nespresso coffee machine for her home during the 2023 winter recess, she quickly realized it was something her school chapter could use. So she bought another one to ...

We are approaching an important milestone in career and technical education: The Success Via Apprenticeship (SVA) program, which trains the CTE educators of the future, is celebrating its 40th year.

Reading scores dropped to a new low on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, while math scores were stagnant for 8th-graders and up slightly for 4th-graders. The NAEP results, often ...