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Many of our students have more sense than me as NY 1 reported that only 53% of the NYC public school students attended school on Friday. ...

Three years ago, going after public schools and teachers was a big state government priority for Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State addr...

NYC schools will be open Friday. It is extremely cold, snowy and icy. Please be careful getting to and from school. I was asked in the com...

Updated: It's nice to be wrong predicting school would be open on Thursday. Earlier we wrote that the odds were against a snow day (see ...

As we start 2018, the questions about our contract are heard over and over. The current UFT Contract expires at the end of November. Specula...

School starts tomorrow so we wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year while we still have some time to think about something other than sc...

Mike Schirtzer reached out last night hoping that the UFT would join in helping the clothing drive in the Bronx for the survivors of Thursda...

I often wonder when I write the blog who is reading it. Sometimes, I am a little startled that we go beyond the target audience: UFT members...

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will swear in Mayor Bill de Blasio for the Mayor's second term on Monday, January 1, 2018. Former Presid...

No real surprises in the city's Independent Budget Office report in December . The report paintsy a stable financial picture for NYC but...

1,800 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been on strike against Charter Spectrum since March. The strike i...

The ICEBLOG wishes all of you a Merry Christmas and for those who don't celebrate a great holiday season. I am waiting for my kids to wa...

If you can stand one more story on Chancellor Carmen Farina's retirement, here goes. Some of you are hopeful that the streak of of anti-...

On Tuesday we wrote about Carmen Farina's imminent departure  as NYC Schools Chancellor.In response, Reality Based Educator , a famous n...

The disastrous four year reign of Carmen Farina as Chancellor of the New York City schools will soon be ending. From NBC News NY: The he...

The City/Department of Education continues to treat teachers and the schools with nothing but contempt. We learned on Monday night at the UF...

MORE'S Mike Schirtzer sent this out as Arthur Goldstein couldn't make it but Arthur did put up his own spoof of a meeting which was...

Pollsters are not normally known for their senses of humor but Quinipiac University did a poll where they asked voters this question: Wha...

I was thinking while writing about consortium schools twice this past week about what makes a successful high school. Having worked in a tra...

Yesterday while reading Ed Notes , I was intrigued by part of Andrea Gabor's AlterNet article that went into great detail to criticize ...