Given the attacks on public education, the widespread frustration with the seemingly slow pace of reform, the focus on teacher competence and the public perception that teacher unions, despite proof to the contrary, oppose reform, the UFT established...

New York City had to hire more than 9,000 new teachers for the 2003-04 school year alone, the equivalent of 11.5 percent of its 78,000-member teaching force. In fact, the city has hired almost that many new teachers every year since 1997.

Small schools often provide opportunities for teacher voice in a personalized, collegial, collaborative and professional work place. For parents and students, small schools provide another choice in the public school system. Nevertheless, the recent...

In a series of public forums on high stakes testing this task force held throughout the city in December 2006 and January 2007, teachers, parents, students, elected officials and others with a stake in public education spoke out about the adverse...

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...

A flowchart from the New York City Administration for Children's Services.

If you have performed SESIS-related activities at home because you have been directed to do so, you can file a grievance within thirty (30) school days from the time you were instructed to perform the activity.

Have you had to work beyond your regularly scheduled work day within the past 30 school days? If so, please provide us with specific details of what happened, when it happened, what if anything you did to try to rectify the problem, if you were...