Register to attend the 2026 UFT Early Childhood Conference. Attend day of creativity, growth, discovery and collaboration as we shape the future of education for our youngest learners. Welcoming ...

Please join your fellow school counselors, UFT representatives and our wonderful guest speakers at this year's annual School Counselors Conference. This year's theme is "School Counselors: Where ...

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 NYC Employees PPO (NYCE PPO) health care plan will replace the GHI CBP plan for in-service city workers and pre-Medicare retirees on Jan. 1, 2026. The following are answers to members’ most common ...

The UFT's annual Black History Month film series will run from Thursday, Jan. 29, to Thursday, Feb. 26, this school year. The theme is "Echoes of Resilience: Stories of Heritage and Struggle." From ...

As any seasoned teacher will tell you, it’s important to start the school year off on a good note. Along with essentials like reviewing classroom rules and units of study, icebreakers play a key role ...

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 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, ...

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 Delegate Assembly approved two resolutions at both the Jan. 14 and Dec. 10 meetings. The measure that closed the Jan. 14 meeting and was passed by 90% of the body called for the UFT to stage an ...

“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 ...

Cumulative Absence Reserve (CAR) is the formal name for UFT-represented pedagogical DOE employees’ “sick bank" of days. All titles earn one CAR day per month after serving 16 days on payroll. The day ...