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A handful of New York City teachers are leading a revival: bringing student journalism back to public high schools. In recent years, just 27% of city high schools have had a school newspaper. Blame ...

Under section 6 of the 2023 Memorandum of Agreement, the following language clarifies related service providers' rights regarding the work week and remote administrative work: School-based related ...

WHEREAS, ballot proposals are meant to strengthen democracy and empower New Yorkers to shape the future of our city and state; and WHEREAS, the 2025 ballot proposals—presented as measures for ...

In New York City and eight other downstate New York counties, EmblemHealth would provide both doctor and hospital coverage, allowing for continued, uninterrupted care from the doctors that members ...

The president is taking a wrecking ball to schools and the U.S. Department of Education, federal jobs, Veterans Affairs, Medicaid and so much more.

The United Federation of Teachers' Delegate Assembly, the union's highest decision-making body, voted Tuesday evening to endorse Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in the ...

The following notification was emailed to all members as part of the UFT Update on June 25, 2025: The city and the Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) are in the process of negotiating an improved health ...

The UFT gave out $5,000 college scholarships to 200 high school seniors and nine graduate students at the 56th annual Albert Shanker College Scholarship Awards Ceremony on June 3 at UFT headquarters. ...

UFT members who are currently enrolled in the Board of Education Retirement System have the option to transfer into the Teachers’ Retirement System, under a new state law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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 ...

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 ...