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• Union: DOE needs plan to solve school overcrowding in District 2

  This summer, the UFT has joined parents and others in fighting school overcrowding in Manhattan’s rapidly growing District 2.

• Faulty city targeting of state Contract for Excellence funds blasted at hearings do-over

  The new round of hearings, like the first round, heard speaker after speaker lambaste the city Department of Education for not aggressively lowering class size or using the funds in a manner that directly assists students.

• Teacher’s Choice is back!

  The UFT salvaged some 60 percent of Teacher’s Choice funds, which had been threatened with full elimination.

• UFT mobilizing for Silver, McMahon in fall primaries

  The UFT has started its stepped-up member mobilization campaign on behalf of both Lower East Side Democratic Assemblyman and Speaker Sheldon Silver, and City Councilman and Staten Island-Brooklyn Democratic congressional hopeful Michael McMahon.

• Union series gives new teachers head start

  As the city’s newest teachers prepare for their first classes, the UFT is reaching out to de-mystify the path ahead and provide answers to their questions to help ensure their success.

• Mentoring: It’s your right

  If you are a first-year teacher who has not had prior teaching experience, you are entitled to one-to-one mentoring throughout your first year.

• Blackboard Award winners

  A dozen New York City public school educators got a well-deserved spot in the limelight when they were honored at the 2008 Blackboard Awards for Teachers ceremony.