Monday, Dec. 23, will now be a school holiday, thanks to union advocacy, parental support and a student petition backed by ...

UFT members have committed themselves to the fight against breast cancer by partnering with the American Cancer Society for ...

The UFT's new class size committee is mounting a member-driven campaign to educate school communities about the state law that limits class sizes, share success stories and provide school chapters ...

The UFT has asked the state Education Department to hold the city Department of Education accountable for its continued failure to provide mandated special education services to students. “Not ...

More than a hundred 3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities at the Mosaic Pre-K Centers in Queens will now receive the related services they need to thrive, the culmination of a two-year organizing ...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew today sent a letter to New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa outlining educators' concerns with the inability of New York City to provide mandated special ...

WHEREAS, the pensions of retired UFT members are not keeping pace with inflation, resulting in significant economic hardship for many; WHEREAS, the methodology for calculating the cost-of-living ...

For the 2019-2022 contract, see the 2018 Memorandum of Agreement.

JHS/MS (all grades 4 – 8 or 5 – 9, if are located in a middle school, then middle school class size applies): 33 students in non-Title I schools; 30 in Title I schools. HS: 34 students; 50 in Physical ...

Single-session schools have four three-hour evening conferences a year in September (back to school), November, March and May and two two-hour afternoon conferences a year in November and March.

Learn how you can get involved and volunteer alongside your fellow union members during this crucial election season. Thanks to union advocacy, parental support and a student petition, Monday, Dec. 23 ...