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In uncertain times, count on a defined-benefit pension
While the opening of school this fall has been surrounded by uncertainty, one thing you can count on is your defined-benefit pension, thanks to the Teachers’ Retirement System and the UFT.
Outcry over Amazon bid to hire anti-union monitors
Amazon posted two job listings over the summer for intelligence analysts in charge of monitoring “labor organizing threats” inside the company. After the job posts went viral on social media, eliciting backlash from workers’ rights advocates, Amazon...
Pandemic threatens to exacerbate teacher shortage
The ongoing pandemic and deepening recession are throwing new challenges at school districts trying to stanch teacher shortages across the country.
Judge: DeVos can’t give stimulus funds to privates
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has blocked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ attempt to reroute federal coronavirus aid from public schools to private schools.
The benefits of Google Classroom
Teachers using Google Classroom have found that the platform has the potential to foster collaboration with colleagues and communication with families. It also poses a challenge: striking the right balance between consistency and flexibility.
Virtual learning for early childhood students
Early childhood educators face a unique challenge with remote learning. In our classrooms, learning occurs through hands-on experiences guided by an intentional facilitator. How can we recreate this virtually?
Principal makes pay dock threat against staff working outside
Educators at the HS for Economics and Finance in Lower Manhattan are facing threats to their pay for refusing to enter a building they say is not safe against COVID-19 infection and, instead, doing their jobs outside via mobile phones and laptops.
Meeting the challenges together
This new school year is shaping up to be unlike any other. We face serious challenges on multiple fronts at the same time: We must protect our safety and health. We must teach and support our students in the best way we know. And we must fend off the...
COVID creates challenges — and opportunities
UFT Vice President for Special Education MaryJo Ginese writes about how special education teachers and related service providers are figuring out how best to serve their students with disabilities amid the challenges presented by the pandemic.
Q&A section from Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter meeting
We held a Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter meeting on Sept. 9, 2020. Here is a video of the question-and-answer portion of that meeting.