In my pre-K classroom, we don’t have a set snack time. I’ve created a self-serve cart so students can get their own snacks when they choose during playtime, and our 'cart pushers' roll it outside for ...

In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a plan to import the worst part of Medicare Advantage — prior authorizations — into traditional Medicare. Prior authorization ...

Pedagogical employees of the city Department of Education who are injured or made sick on the job are covered by the Line of Duty Injury provision of the DOE-UFT contract — not workers’ compensation.

Getting her daughter ready for kindergarten was the key reason Guzel Jach joined more than 1,000 other parents and guardians at the UFT’s fourth annual back-to-school supplies giveaway and barbecue on ...

As a first-year teacher, you are doing everything for the first time. The first time planning a lesson. The first time having to manage a classroom. The first time grading. The first time trying to ...

New York City public schools went on a hiring spree this summer to reduce class sizes at the approximately 750 schools whose funding applications were approved last spring. Department of Education ...

The New York State Education Department requires all teachers who are seeking initial or permanent state certification to ...

The Steuben Association’s mission is to promote opportunities for UFT members to embrace their German heritage with social, cultural, educational and linguistic activities and events.

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, ice breakers play a key role ...

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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 ...

WHEREAS, mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani committed to spending a day alongside our members in a public school and participated in the Spring Education Conference, where he demonstrated his full ...