2021-05-22 12:17
UFT President Michael Mulgrew has a column in the NY Daily News laying out a program for reopening. Mulgrew correctly points to the safeguards we insisted on as a reason schools were relativ… Read More
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2021-05-19 14:23
First, candidates Yang and Adams ought not to be ranked at all on your ballot. They're funded by super PACS that hate us and everything we stand for. They're huge supporters of charter schoo… Read More
2021-05-17 22:31
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Welcomes us. Minutes passed. UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Thanks everyone for Spring Conference. Just finished City Council reception. Five point plan well… Read More
2021-05-13 12:25
Is that a catchy slogan? I'm not persuaded. What if we're hanging around in a building somewhere, and there's a fire? There's a clearly marked fire exit. Me, I'm going to make a beeline for… Read More
2021-05-12 22:40
UFT President Michael Mulgrew-- Welcomes us. Will try to change DA to a hybrid form for October. Now missing functionality.Federal--Nurse and teacher appreciation, day care provider apprecia… Read More
2021-05-10 22:38
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Resolutions on nominations passed. Amended to add an endorsement for Bill Perkins. Rich Mantel--Supports resolution amendment. Perkins stood with us against ch… Read More
2021-05-08 13:47
I was in a meeting the other day in which we were discussing NX grades. That's what we have in lieu of failure these days. A lot of teachers are upset about this, for various reasons. I… Read More
2021-05-05 19:37
During the apocalypse I've gotten repeated calls to appear on the news and give opinions about various situations. It was easy to talk about the botched and delayed school openings, as well… Read More
2021-05-03 22:40
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Minutes approved. Friday National Provider Appreciation Day. Academic HS VP Janella Hinds--HS Awards--Last week celebrated community champions, union activists… Read More
2021-04-29 11:56
I'm glad to see Regent Kathleen Cashin advocating for smaller class sizes. I've got decades of experience teaching in both high school and college settings, and it's obvious to me that class… Read More
2021-04-26 22:36
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Lots of work regarding mayoral endorsement. Will invite Stringer and Vanessa Gibson and push for them. We went to first nine schools working at three feet for… Read More
2021-04-25 16:58
There is a really disturbing report suggesting that all city retirees could be relegated to Medicare Part C, which is essentially privatized medicine. I know this well, because whenever I wa… Read More
2021-04-23 11:54
A Daily News article explores that this morning. It works for some families, evidently: “When they’re home, they can be one on one with you,” said Livingstone, a sin… Read More
2021-04-19 22:19
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Thanks us for participating in mayoral endorsement question. Apologizes for short notice, was working through weekend. Will be resolution to endorse Scott Stri… Read More
2021-04-18 18:45
I honestly don't understand why anyone would take the time to submit a blank page, or nothing whatsoever, on Google Classroom. I have to say, while I (relatively, at least) don't much like t… Read More
2021-04-15 17:52
This is one of my students. She's lovely, isn't she? Or he? Or them? I don't have the proper pronouns. All I have is this avatar. What do I know about this student? Well, I know he, she… Read More
2021-04-15 00:11
UFT President Michael Mulgrew welcomes us 4:17 PM. Thanks us for coming.Federal--infrastructure package important--There is agreement that a good % of it will support energy efficient, carbo… Read More
2021-04-09 20:12
Online teaching is so bizarre. I have a bunch of students I've never seen. Do they even have faces? Are they extra-terrestial? It's all a big mystery. How do I know they don't have ringers?… Read More
2021-04-06 20:34
The DOE has an Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management, commonly called OEO. It's supposed to protect people from discrimination. That's a worthy goal. I spend my career de… Read More
2021-04-05 22:29
Academic HS VP Janella Hinds--Herstory event last day before break. Sherry Chan, actuary, new chancellor, Jolene from NYSUT--Women spoke of shattering glass ceiling. Recalled being disciplin… Read More
2021-04-03 17:12
Our friend Joel Klein has a new gig. He's working for Juul, selling marshmallow flavored vapes to our children, This is, at the very least, ironic, I spent years listening to him rail… Read More
2021-03-31 16:00
That's about the only conclusion I can reach when I read that 25% of us disapprove of former Chancellor Carranza. It's sad, really, because he had a lot of potential. He came in talking raci… Read More
2021-03-27 15:19
How do we spend hundreds of years as a country and not manage to progress beyond Racism 101? It's everywhere, and just months ago 75 million Americans voted for it. When they lost, and not b… Read More
2021-03-24 22:51
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Welcomes us. Asks for moment of silence for son of UFT member who passed.Two more days of work before break we didn't get last year. Last year's Easter week wi… Read More
2021-03-22 22:26
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Minutes are approved. Endorsement reso approved.UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Thanks everyone who participated in endorsement processes. We are still checking peop… Read More
2021-03-19 20:21
Andrew Yang, who famously wears a MATH lapel pin, was just featured in Politico, and had this to say:“I think it’s ridiculous that we’re tenuring teachers at like the two… Read More
2021-03-19 17:15
Bill de Blasio, reputation in tatters after a preposterous run for President and outrageous failure to close school buildings during a raging pandemic, is perpetually late for everything. We… Read More
2021-03-17 04:00
Life is simple for people like Bill Gates. Everything has a formula. You and I are no different from computer programs. But Bill's brain is also similar to a computer program. You know, garb… Read More
2021-03-15 22:35
Janella Hinds--discusses resolution against anti-Asian actions. UFT stands against bias, discrimination and hatefulness and this is a reaffirmation of where we stand. Seung Lee--This ha… Read More
2021-03-14 19:21
Dear Colleagues, Today is my last day serving as New York City’s Schools Chancellor, and I write to you to both say goodbye and to express my gr… Read More
2021-03-12 15:01
I'm dogsitting this week. I've done this many times before, and it's never been much of an issue. However, that was back in the good old days when a. it was summer, or b. I had a workplace t… Read More
2021-03-09 00:34
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Minutes are approved. Happy Women's History Month. Will be a celebration, details forthcoming. Friday is Lobby Day. Cassie Prugh--We will be meeting with leade… Read More
2021-03-05 12:55
Every day, and everywhere, you read and hear about opening the schools. Biden made it a priority, and to his credit, has managed to push out a whole lot of vaccine. He now envisions having a… Read More
2021-03-03 16:05
That quote and photo are of everyone's favorite evaluation expert, Charlotte Danielson. Evidently, after having taken tons of cash for her system, she disapproves of it. Of course, so do I… Read More
2021-03-01 23:33
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Minutes are approved.VP Sterling Roberson--Friday was CTE virtual awards, educators and others honored. Thanks all who presented and supported. Rashad Brown--B… Read More
2021-02-26 20:50
Dear Colleagues, I hope you and your families are keeping safe and healthy, not that it would have anything to do with me or my actions. I’m writing today with som… Read More
2021-02-26 00:29
That's the idealized version of what we do, and this is a great piece going into chapter and verse as to why. Who hasn't seen Stand and Deliver and decided, wow, that's what a real teacher d… Read More
2021-02-23 11:17
The Biden administration is insisting on standardized testing for traumatized students this year. This is a huge disappointment. I remember the awful education policies of the Obama administ… Read More
2021-02-22 23:20
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Minutes approved. 2nd Mayoral town hall tomorrow. Sign up to participate. Black History piece Thursday. Rashad Brown--4-6:30 Black History Film Series, Stay Woke an… Read More
2021-02-19 14:13
I have an accommodation this year, so this picture describes me well. My classroom, since March, has been our dining room. We don't use it much, generally. Our little family can eat in the k… Read More
2021-02-16 23:37
It looks like the folks in Albany, the ones who control education, have too much time on their hands. After all, there's a pandemic, a national crisis, and people are running around arguing… Read More
2021-02-15 16:30
Well, according to the NY Times, most pediatricians, all of whom had access to the vaccination well before we did, don't think we need it in order to return to work. I'm not surprised. Ever… Read More
2021-02-10 23:20
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--We're more than halfway through this wonderful school year. Hope everyone is safe. Asks for a moment of silence for former CTU President Karen Lewis. Midd… Read More
2021-02-09 00:32
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Minutes and endorsement resolution pass. Cassie Prugh--Our endorsement process continues. We had first mayoral town hall, next Feb. 23. 5:30 PM, may sign up. C… Read More
2021-02-04 20:11
You know, any job you take in which you're a nominal leader of anything will be inconvenient. People don't always agree, and where there's disagreement, there's often blame as well. Someone… Read More
2021-02-03 20:17
Whenever I read headlines, I think about what they mean. In the Post is a story suggesting 60% of DOE employees would leave if they could. That's pretty shocking. There must be almost no mor… Read More
2021-02-01 23:25
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Welcomes us, says minutes passed. UFT Town Hall this Thursday. Carrie Prugh--Tomorrow is mayoral town hall 5 PM UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Evaluation--Some supe… Read More
2021-01-29 12:39
I've been amazed for years as the NY Times, with some notable exceptions, offered the worst education reporting in Fun City. This is a revered name, with generations of history, and yet you… Read More
2021-01-27 14:30
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is absolutely sure schools will open at "full strength" in September. That's great to hear, of course. I, for one, am growing tired of looking at computer scre… Read More
2021-01-25 23:28
Tom Brown--supports David Kazansky as TRS trustee, great advocate for pensions, serves on multiple committees, knowledgeable and diligent. Has compassion for future retirees. Pensions are st… Read More
2021-01-24 14:41
I'm a big fan of common sense, even if it's the least common of all the senses. And in Philadelphia, the union is saying no to school openings until all staff is vaccinated. That seems… Read More
2021-01-22 14:57
I was pretty surprised to see a piece about how 2,000 students have not connected at all in NYC. What surprised me most, though, was how low the number turned out to be. To be fai… Read More
2021-01-20 21:18
I'm fairly gobsmacked to see an op-ed from a teacher suggesting otherwise in the NY Post, but everyone's entitled to their opinion. There are some things in this piece, however, that are qui… Read More
2021-01-18 15:40
MLK is famous for his life and work, and words of insincere reverence regularly escape the lips of people who'd have opposed him absolutely when he was alive. One thing a lot of people seem… Read More
2021-01-15 23:53
On Sunday morning I decided to try the city site for the COVID vaccine. I'd heard that we would be eligible beginning Monday and that we could book early. It sounded like a great opportunity… Read More
2021-01-13 23:18
4:19 UFT President Michael Mulgrew welcomes us. National--Has been difficult week. Tough for teachers to explain. We've never had students seeing everything happening in real time… Read More
2021-01-12 22:30
The Post has a piece suggesting teachers are at war with one another over who gets the vaccine. That's absurd, and there are several large hints in the story. The biggest hint is who they qu… Read More
2021-01-11 23:36
Joined in progress 6:05--Mulgrew--Will have more .possibilities for funding with new Senate.Very sad week for US this week, lost clout internationallyPositivitity rate inside schools very lo… Read More
2021-01-10 18:58
Like everyone I know, I'm totally freaked out by what happened in DC last week. I guess no one should be surprised, as it was telegraphed by the President, a whole bunch of House and Senate… Read More
2021-01-08 02:05
Dear Colleagues, Like so many other days in the past ten months, yesterday we experienced an alarming and frightening moment that was unprecedented in our lifetimes. And l have to… Read More
2021-01-06 17:46
In the face of an exploding epidemic, not to mention a new more virulent COVID strain, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has decided that quarantine needs to be cut rather than extended. The mayor ju… Read More
2021-01-04 23:35
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Welcomes us. DA Next week, Jan. 13th. Karen Alford--Thanks members for toy drive donations. Says many children got toys, and over 20K in monetary donations, no… Read More
2021-01-03 17:21
School buildings open tomorrow, despite an explosion of COVID in Fun City. You look at this and you have to ask yourself why exactly it's so important. There are a number of possibilities.Th… Read More
2021-01-02 15:18
Yesterday, I got a prescient comment from SC Math Teacher, and I'll repost it here. The first part is a quote from me, but he comes to an inescapable conclusion directly afterward:“The… Read More
2020-12-29 16:32
For a while, I was wondering why we would even bother negotiating an observation system with the city. I mean, here we are, all of us, doing a job none of us had trained for or even conceive… Read More
2020-12-25 15:23
Here's the best Christmas video you've never seen Read More
2020-12-24 13:24
This has been the most stressful year in my memory for all of us working in schools. We've been through all sorts of indignities and inconvenience, but there's been nothing like 2020. Let's… Read More
2020-12-22 21:29
That's a tough question. Our esteemed chancellor writes us missives telling us how much he respects and cares for us. Our safety is the most important thing there is. Yet you don't see him s… Read More
2020-12-21 23:34
Apologies. I got involved grading papers and forgot to go to the Exec. Board meeting Read More
2020-12-19 05:00
Dear Colleagues, This has been a year of new challenges and difficult choices, for you at least. I myself have to choose every day whether to sit at the desk in my home office or stay i… Read More
2020-12-18 13:45
Do you feel like the kid in the picture sometimes? An awful lot of teachers do. It seems, particularly with an evaluation system that bares its teeth at us, that a lot of supervisors s… Read More
2020-12-16 23:05
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Welcome to last DA of 2020. People on this call are the leadership of the union. We understand how much people lean on leaders during normal times. During thes… Read More
2020-12-15 00:39
Rashad Brown--December 16 streaming of Moonlight hosted by teacher Maurice Blackmon. January 21st Shirley Chisolm film. Info coming.Toy drive underway. Please support. UFT President Mi… Read More
2020-12-12 17:07
It's hard to overstate the lack of vision and foresight of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza, but they continue to trip all over themselves day after day. The mayor just f… Read More
2020-12-11 19:46
This is such an odd time. I don't recognize myself sometimes as I try to balance what I'd do in a full classroom with what I can actually carry out in a Zoom room. I tried using breakout roo… Read More
2020-12-09 14:30
If you're a teacher, you constantly hear talks of standards. The standardized test is the Bible, the Holy Grail, and the Ten Commandments all rolled into one. If your student gets 64 on the… Read More
2020-12-07 23:36
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Asks for moment of silence for Barbara Schiller, who passed today.Says schools ran smoothly today. City is allowed to change plan as long as they adhere to tes… Read More
2020-12-06 15:47
Things are at a new level now, yet agaon. Every time you think the DOE has outdone itself, it does something else to show you that the last thing was nothing. The NY Post reports that UFT me… Read More
2020-12-03 19:57
Given that students can't fail, don't have to hand in work, and are given an extra year to catch up on classes, it's odd to see Mayor de Blasio out there making demands of parents. The mayor… Read More
2020-12-02 14:42
I guess I should no longer be surprised when the Post cries working teachers want to "bury any hope for NYC schoolchildren." Who knew that teachers sat around and plotted ways to ruin the li… Read More
2020-11-30 23:53
UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--Holiday Toy Drive--Please contribute at UFT.org. Accepting donations up until December 16th.Minutes--ApprovedUFT President Michael Mulgrew--What we've done in NYC h… Read More
2020-11-29 20:17
Dear Colleagues, I hope you had a restful Thanksgiving holiday this year. You’ll need it, because I’m about to arbitrarily and capriciously change my reopening plan, a… Read More
2020-11-28 14:03
COVID is a plague, and it strikes at the whole world. People are sick, People are dying. The national government is even more inept than the city government, and that's saying something.&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-11-25 13:45
I should know not to be surprised when the NY Times runs opinion pieces posing as news stories. It's a hallowed tradition. The first time I noticed it was in the 1980s, when we got the Febru… Read More
2020-11-23 23:22
By special guest Mindy Rosier UFT President Michael Mulgrew % PMThank you for coming on. Thank you for all you are doing. I want to use today to explain what we are dealing with. We hav… Read More
2020-11-22 21:35
It's always edifying to get the libertarian point of view, and it's not at all surprising to find it in the pages of the NY Post. Writer Matt Welch sheds copious crocodile tears over how sch… Read More
2020-11-19 20:35
There will be no reapplication process for most people on accommodations. Only people who were accommodated on the basis of pregnancy would have to reapply if they a) are still pregnant, or… Read More
2020-11-19 12:51
Dear Colleagues, This has been an eventful and challenging year on so many levels. Not for me, of course. I’ve been able to not only sit in my office at Tweed, but also stay home and n… Read More
2020-11-18 23:09
UFT President Michael Mulgrew--Welcomes us. Says we've hit 3% threshold and are going remote as of tomorrow. Some think we need to open and some think we need to close, but there's also a co… Read More
2020-11-18 14:38
This year, our school has asked students to show their faces during remote instruction. This is a large improvement for those of us out here doing the work. Some say this is an intrusion on… Read More
2020-11-16 23:47
Roll Call 5:50UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr--All resolutions passed. BLM resolution, endorsing Julie Menin, and opposing NYSESLAT administration (text below) this year.UFT President Michael… Read More
2020-11-15 16:09
We can argue about how effective testing plans are. Should we do it weekly? Every other week? Monthly? Which percentage do we need to test at a time? Should we vary depending on the rate of… Read More
2020-11-14 22:52
I voted yes. I expect this will come to the Delegate Assembly this Wednesday night. Resolution is below: WHEREAS, the United Federation of Teachers reaffirms Black Lives Matter, and&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-11-12 14:53
I was a little disturbed by a post in Diane Ravtch's blog about how to appeal to rural voters. Of course we ought not to ridicule them, and of course we ought to treat them with respect. I'd… Read More
2020-11-11 13:30
You have to credit the chutzpah of guys who run around killing everybody and then cross themselves, hoping that no one returns the favor. Of course, kiss your crucifix before you murder a li… Read More
2020-11-09 23:34
Roll call Minutes--approvedUFT Middle School VP Rich Mantel--Reports that Thanksgiving Drive requests donations online for coats and scarves for children in temporary housing. Asks we s… Read More
2020-11-07 20:02
2020-11-06 18:31
Acting NY State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa did something right the other day. She canceled the January Regents Exams. That's a good idea, considering the chaotic school year we're hav… Read More
2020-11-02 23:50
UFT President Michael Mulgrew-- Operational issues getting resolved. DOE couldn't just keep saying "What could we do?" so they are moving along with various issues. Big focus on electio… Read More
2020-11-01 18:40
Just a brief reminder that Donald Trump is on the ballot this year. While a thousand Americans die daily from COVID, the worst disaster in my living memory, there's still no national p… Read More
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