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 ...

Forms of communication come and go, but public speaking has remained popular from ancient times through today. People tune into award shows primarily to watch the acceptance speeches. A speech can ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city Department of Education notified more than 700 schools that they would receive all or most of the funding they requested to hire additional teachers to lower class sizes this September. "What ...

With more than 300 unions in New York City, several of them are bound to be confronting problems at any given moment. At the same time, there are plenty of UFT retirees who have the time and the ...

The 11th-grader, a recent immigrant from Central America living in a city shelter, arrived some two hours late for the start of classes at John Adams HS in Ozone Park, Queens. He had his head down on ...

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 ...

Small UFT contingents led by paraprofessionals met with New York City Council members throughout March to lobby them to support the “RESPECT check” legislation. “We’re hoping to educate our elected ...

The UFT Delegate Assembly voted on March 19 to endorse UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee for reelection as a teacher-member of the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System board. “Victoria Lee is 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 ...