The HCT’s “Valentines for Veterans” program was born out of HCT’s participation in NYSUT’s LAP (Local Action Program) and is one of the most special Member Engagement (ME) Committee events. On February 4, 2015 twenty-six HCT volunteers assembled at the NYSUT office in Woodbury to put together 100 gift bags…
New York State United Teachers released the following statement Monday night in the wake of the governor’s veto of legislation that would have placed a two-year moratorium on the use of Common Core tests in teacher evaluations – legislation the governor proposed and agreed to amid great fanfare last June….
Welcome Back to School! NEA’s Read Across America welcomes all of you back to school. We are excited to share new resources and celebrate NEA’s Read Across America, our annual celebration that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr….
A steady stream of teenagers fidgeting with forms and their backpacks flowed through the Midwood High School college office one day this month, all with lists of questions on their minds. But one of the school’s two college counselors was nowhere to be found. She had taken refuge in another office, a…
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a broad ruling that could open the way for more faculty members to join unions at private colleges and universities, a decision that could potentially bolster organized labor on campuses at a time when unions are pushing to represent the growing number of…
The HCT’s elementary school librarians guided their RISE students as they participated in the 2014 “Everyone Has Rights” Public Service Announcement contest sponsored by the HCT, NYSUT, and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Lydia Butler, Betty Thoma, Catherine Altobello, Christine Janda, Maureen Bertolini, Susan Pummill…