New York TeacherJune 13, 2024
The play-based learning in a 3-K class builds a solid foundation of social and emotional skills. Yet 2,400 3-year-olds did not get placements for the 2024-25 school year. Mayor Eric Adams halted the program’s expansion and is cutting funding. UFT members, together with parents, are fighting back.

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The summer of our discontent
Now is the summer of our discontent, with apologies to Shakespeare. The weeks from now to Election Day will be fraught with grave worries and troublesome news. The political roller coaster this year is sure to have more dramatic ups and downs than a typical election year. Every presidential election seems like the most important in history, and I guess at that moment each one was. But the results of this year’s election will have greater consequences, and the Republican campaign is already defying norms of truth and integrity in the public forum.
But while others may wallow in a “woe is me” attitude, we as union members can refresh our optimism and bring others along with us by staying engaged in the political arena. We learned back in the days of the first community school board elections that we have a choice: We can remain on the sidelines and let the bad guys make the decisions, or we can enter the political fray, enlist our friends and allies in the…

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