Teachers

An istration for Children’s Services enforcement vehicle was parked in Lower Manhattan.

Revolt Against Mandatory Reporting Law Rises Among Professionals Required to Protect Children

April 28, 2025, 5:01 a.m.April 28, 2025, 1:48 p.m.

In response to a relentless rise in calls to New York state’s child abuse hotline, alongside stark racial disparities, social workers, doctors, teachers and others are mobilizing to change the law.

Tamra Dixon, a mom of a fifth grader, poses for a portrait at P.S. 282 in Brooklyn.

Public Schools

Participation in Parent Conferences Has Plunged 40% Since COVID Remote Meetings Began

Nov. 13, 2023, 3:46 p.m.Nov. 14, 2023, 4:23 a.m.

Parents can request in-person conferences, but many don't know about this option.

UFT president Michael Mulgrew talks at City Hall about reaching a contract agreement for teachers.

Unions

UFT to Revote on Contract They Rejected After ‘Undemocratic’ Mulgrew Split a Chapter

Aug. 8, 2023, 7:02 p.m.Aug. 8, 2023, 7:02 p.m.

Physical and occupational therapists are now on their own in seeking a better bargaining agreement, over their union president’s objections.

Unions

School Therapists Want a Better Contract Deal. The UFT Wants Them to Give Up.

July 28, 2023, 5:00 a.m.July 27, 2023, 8:10 p.m.

Union president Michael Mulgrew is pressing occupational and physical therapists to vote again on a deal they rejected — while some demand new negotiations with City Hall instead.

Teachers

Teachers Union and Mayor Reach Tentative Agreement on Raises, Remote Learning

June 13, 2023, 3:37 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

City schools’ 120,000 educators and other staff will see raises reaching more than 20% during the five-year contract.

Teachers

Fordham Graduate Students Walk Out of Teaching to Demand a Better Contract

April 25, 2023, 7:44 p.m.April 25, 2023, 7:44 p.m.

Dissatisfied after seven months of negotiations, hundreds of teaching assistants are ditching classes through Wednesday.

CUNY

City College Adjuncts Stage Grade-In to Protest Proposed Pay Cuts

April 5, 2023, 5:15 p.m.April 6, 2023, 5:42 p.m.

Harlem’s public university seeks to shrink English teacher pay to close a $10M budget gap — and that’s before looming City Hall spending reductions.

Education

Comfort Dog Program Might Unleash Some Answers for Struggling Students

May 9, 2022, 12:32 a.m.May 9, 2022, 12:32 a.m.

Though dogs have been in some city public schools since 2016, their roles in the classroom have been evolving, and training them — and their humans — is an ongoing process