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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Dial-A-Teacher, the UFT’s free homework helpline, is back with a new focus for its 43rd year: helping asylum-seeking students. The helpline, which fields about 40,000 calls a year, offers K–12 ...

WHEREAS, education unionists and many other sectors of the labor movement have expressed indignation and alarm at the brutal targeting of our immigrant fellow workers, family members, and communities ...

"As a former teacher and life-long educator, Kamar Samuels has the experience and perspective necessary to help our school system thrive. We are looking forward to working together to protect our ...

The IRS has announced the total amount that employees can contribute to their tax-deferred annuity and/or Roth accounts in the 2026 calendar year. If you are under age 50, the maximum amount you can ...

An injustice to one is an injustice to all. That’s the message UFT members in the 30 schools in Brooklyn’s District 21 sent to the principal of PS 99 in Midwood and to the Department of Education when ...

Caring for people in need and promoting equity were top of mind in the five resolutions UFT delegates approved at the Delegate Assembly on Nov. 19. In one resolution, the union expressed its sympathy ...

“If you’re worried that you’ll go home and your parents won’t be there, you’re not worried about doing well on your algebra exam,” said Tina-Marie Zuber, a math teacher at Grover Cleveland HS in ...