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‘Black’ eye for DOE
The DOE needs to take note that it can no longer turn a blind eye to a problematic administrator. In a tremendous show of solidarity and the power of union organizing, hundreds of UFT members across District 21 wore black in support of their...
Our fight isn’t over
The UFT's paraprofessional RESPECT campaign is far from over. The union is optimistic that the "RESPECT check" legislation calling for a $10,000 annual check to paraprofessionals will prevail in 2026 despite outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams'...
Federal firings unjust
The Trump administration is exploiting federal workers as bargaining chips and imposing unfair burdens on them during the government shutdown.
Give us ‘RESPECT’!
Our paraprofessionals have waited long enough. It’s time for the New York City Council to pass the bill providing a $10,000 annual “RESPECT check” for all New York City public school paraprofessionals.
Taking control of AI
Artificial intelligence is a rapidly evolving field that is affecting every aspect of our lives, including education. It is incumbent on us to add our voices to help shape and develop AI to ensure it is used to support teaching and learning, not to...
A needed break
With the new ban on internet-enabled personal electronic devices in New York public schools, we are not taking anything away from our students — instead, we are giving something back. We are giving them back their ability to focus, and we are giving...
Let our students go
Two New York City high school students have been detained by federal immigration enforcement agents following what should have been routine immigration hearings. Although these arrests did not take place on school property, they have nonetheless been...
One big, ugly bill
President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which the U.S. House of Representatives passed on May 22 and is now under consideration in the Senate, would spell disaster for public education and critical social services including...
Class size milestone
This April, close to 90% of the more than 750 schools that applied for money to lower class sizes found out that they would receive some or all the funding they sought. It was a milestone in our years-long fight to make smaller class sizes a reality...
Razing the U.S. DOE
The new administration has taken a hammer to the U.S. Department of Education, wreaking destruction that is sure to hurt the nation’s public schools and students.