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Teachers Unite is the only membership organization of public school educators building power to demand that our union stand for educational justice, and to win social justice demands for the low-income and working communities of New York City. Members participate in our programs that develop leadership and organizing skills, while establishing collaborative relationships with community organizations fighting for meaningful social change. We believe that a strong organization of activist teachers, working in coalition with parents and students, will transform our city, and its schools, to best serve all New Yorkers.

Teachers Unite Joins Right to the City Alliance!

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Teachers Talk in Edutopia!: How to Develop Positive Classroom Management

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Published 5/13/09 in Edutopia

by Evantheia Schibsted

A recent report found that educators believe that the secret to effective discipline is proactively building relationships, not reacting punitively to student misbehavior. In surveys with 300 New York City public school teachers that included an open-ended question about the largest threat to school safety, the most common response was a lack of cohesive culture and positive relationships between staff and students. (Download a PDF of the report, "Teachers Talk: School Culture, Safety and Human Rights.")

 

An interview with Jill Freidberg of Corrugated Films

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 Jill Freidberg is the Seattle-based filmmaker, editor, and community radio producer who founded Corrugated Films. "Granito de Arena" and "Un Poquitode Tanta Verdad" were both films about the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico.  "Granito de Arena" looks at how teachers sparked a resistance movement against the globalization agenda that aims to dismantle public education in Mexico. Teachers Unite's first event in March of 2006 was a screening, co-sponsored with NYCoRE, of "Granito" at the UFT headquarters.

Stop and Reverse the Loss of Teachers of Color

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Stop and Reverse the Loss of Teachers of Color

by Sean Ahern

New York Teacher

Speakout Column

The Village Voice: Bloomberg Writes His Own Report Card

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Bloomberg Writes His Own Report Card

Thankfully, there's no term limit on the Constitution and its protection of students

By Nat Hentoff

published: September 17, 2008

Our mayor, basking in his 70 percent approval rate, declared on September 3 that the state legislature will surely extend mayoral control of the city's public schools because "the alternative is too devastating to contemplate." That same day, the Daily News irreverently reported: "Dozens of heartbroken 4- and 5-year-olds were turned away from several jampacked elementary schools in Corona, Queens, and put on lengthy waiting lists or told to try back in a couple of weeks."