Member participation builds our union’s power. That’s why we launched Union Power Points, a new program that encourages ...

The DOE school year payroll calendar lists pay periods for different payroll banks. Different job titles are paid through different banks: H-bank: Full-time school nurses, therapists, audiologists, ...

It is essential to keep your personal information up to date to ensure the receipt of the New York Teacher, information about UFT activities and Welfare Fund health benefits. There are several ways ...

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 ...

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 ...

Retiree Mark Grashow was visiting a high school in northern Zimbabwe 18 years ago when a teacher showed him a battered edition of “Romeo and Juliet,” which no students were allowed to touch or read ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Be kind, rewind” is a slogan that disappeared with VHS tapes, but it succinctly illustrates the basic elements of kindness: Even a small, seemingly trivial act can make life a little better for ...

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.

More than 5,500 UFT members are employed by organizations other than the Department of Education. They are members of the union’s private and nonprofit chapters, and such members encompass some 26 ...

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 ...