Under the state-approved Contracts for Excellence (C4E), New York City agreed to reduce average class size systemwide in the 2007-08 school year, with a special focus on high-needs, low-performing schools. While the system’s average class sizes did...

A Critique of The New Teacher Project Report “Mutual Benefits: New York City’s Shift to Mutual Consent in Teacher Hiring” Staffing all schools with talented educators is best accomplished by helping those who are in classrooms now be the best they...

Eliminating overcrowding and reducing class size are among the most critical elements in providing a quality education for New York City schoolchildren. Unfortunately, according to the latest available official data, thirty eight percent of public...

The following recommendations for reforms, to be submitted to the state Legislature, are the product of deliberations of the UFT School Governance Committee, a multi‐partisan committee made up of a diverse cross‐section of members representing all...

Related service providers shall not be used to cover classes of absent teachers or be assigned to other duties in the school which would interfere with their ability to provide mandated related services except cases of emergencies. Even in...

The NYC Community Schools Coalition, a group of diverse partners that have come together to have a positive impact on city schools, have embraced the community schools model. Working together with parents, teachers, community members and elected...