Whether you are preparing for tenure or applying for a transfer to a new school through the Open Market Transfer system, compiling a digital teaching portfolio can be a wise move. Digital portfolios ...

At the beginning of the year, I tape this chart to my students’ tables and teach them to use the hand signals whenever we’re in ‘discussion mode.’ Students who are more timid can contribute without ...

Having “a woman in the room” while she took technology classes in high school helped light the pathway to success for Karina Budhu, the winner of this year’s Edwin Espaillat Award at the 2025 CTE ...

At the Feb. 12 Delegate Assembly, delegates approved one resolution mandating the UFT to advocate for tenured teachers who receive a “No Rating” due to their leave of absence. These teachers, the ...

After graduating from Queens Technical HS in 2015, UFT Career and Technical Education Award winner Mohammed Hossain spent two years in college pursuing his passion — electrical engineering. But rather ...

This March, UFT members expressed their growing concern with the Trump administration’s policies on the first national Day of Action organized by the American Federation of Teachers, the UFT’s ...

With spring’s arrival, we enter field trip season in schools. Curriculum trends come and go, but field trips have been a mainstay of K–12 education for decades. Trips are fun excursions and provide a ...

When a fire captain stopped retiree David Ginsberg’s car to give him a friendly lecture on the dangers of balding tires, he spotted Chula, an outgoing golden retriever, in the backseat. Ginsberg told ...

Diffit for Teachers is an AI-powered software that is making my classroom fundamentally more inclusive. Teachers can make a free account. Text in the curriculum has usually been written to reach the ...

More than 200 religious and community leaders packed Shanker Hall for the union’s faith-based and community breakfast on March 20 to discuss how to rise to the challenges of the current political ...

UFT members who want to get involved in local races this year can contact their borough’s political action coordinator: Candidates in the crowded race for New York City mayor must fulfill a new ...

The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have filed separate lawsuits aimed at stopping the Trump administration from dismantling the U.S. Department of Education on ...