Topic: United Federation Of Teachers

New study out of New York: Smaller high schools graduate more and better prepared students

Atlanta Journal Constitution - 20 days ago
School and class size are one of those areas in education where the research and common sense can diverge. Parents and teachers feel at an organic...

Mayor Mike Bloomberg on UFT Ad Attacking Him: 'I Didn't See It'

Village Voice - 20 days ago
Mayor Mike Bloomberg, on his weekly radio show this morning, said he doesn't watch a lot of television. Well, actually, Mr. Mayor, that is pretty...

Teacher-protection racket

New York Post - 21 days ago
Abusive, criminal or just plain incompetent teachers can all rest easy: In this city, their jobs are perfectly safe.. . And too bad for the kids in...

City Students at Small Public High Schools Are More Likely to Graduate, Study Says

New York Times - 22 days ago
New York City teenagers attending small public high schools with about 100 students per grade were more likely to graduate than their counterparts...

Up Close for January 22, 2012

ABC 7 NY (WABC) - 22 days ago
Last week on this show, we heard from Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson. They vented their frustrations with the...

New Teachers Union Ad Attacking Mayor Starts Today

Village Voice: Runnin' Scared - 23 days ago
Watch out, Mr. Mayor! The United Federation of Teachers is launching an ad campaign today that attacks Mike Bloomberg -- who has loudly criticized...

Seven schools on city hit list got high grades

New York Post - 23 days ago
Not all good grades go on the fridge.. . Seven of the 33 schools where the city is seeking to fire half the staff were rated an "A" or "B" on their...

New Yorkers like teachers, not their union: poll

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 357 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers want decisions about which teachers to fire based on performance not seniority, a poll showed on Thursday, giving Mayor Michael Bloomberg a boost in his conflict with the teachers' union.By a margin of 85 percent to ...

U.F.T. to Council: Put Term Limits on the Ballot

The New York Observer - 1219 days ago
According to Elizabeth Green at Gotham Schools, the United Federation of Teachers executive board passed a resolution last night urging the City Council to put the term-limits extension up for a referendum, instead of passing legislation without a public vote.This may ...

New York teachers sue over ban on campaign buttons

AP News - 1224 days ago
Teachers' union sues over NYC policy preventing educators from touting political candidatesThe teachers' union for the nation's largest public school system accused the city on Friday of banning political campaign buttons and sued to reverse the policy, declaring that free speech ...