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UFT files NLRB complaint after charter employee firings

The UFT is seeking an injunction from the National Labor Relations Board against the Charter HS for Law and Social Justice in the Bronx after the school fired 11 of its 15 UFT-represented employees, including the entire UFT bargaining committee, in...

Proposal would lower certification standards in charter schools

UFT President Michael Mulgrew blasted the state’s proposal to allow charter schools in effect to certify their own teachers with scant requirements or proof of professional expertise.

Resolution in support of the NAACP's call for a charter school moratorium

The UFT affirms and supports the NAACP’s position on the grounds that, until charter schools embrace the same challenges that public schools face, the NAACP is right to call for a moratorium on their expansion.

Resolution on Success Academy

The UFT joins state elected officials and education and civil rights advocates in calling on the state Legislature to conduct an investigation into disciplinary conditions and the high rate of suspensions at Success Academy and calls for a moratorium...

Legislature blunts worst of Cuomo’s initiatives

Despite a $13 million advertising campaign, hedge-fund executives were unable to engineer the passage of an education tax credit for wealthy donors or an increase in the statewide charter cap in the state legislative session that wrapped up on June...

Chicago charter experiment a bust

The Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity at the University of Minnesota Law School has released a report that concludes that Chicago’s massive experiment with charter schools has been a failure.

Unmonitored charters

A new report says the State of Louisiana has failed to adequately monitor its publicly funded charter schools to confirm that the schools’ reported numbers of graduates, dropouts and student attendance are true.