UFT President Michael Mulgrew discusses the union's decision to go to PERB to try to restart negotiations for a teacher evaluation system for 33 restart and transformation schools at a press conference at union headquarters on Jan. 13. (uft.org)
«Our teachers took 4,000 units of professional development last summer on their own time to gear up for transformation this school year... but the question hanging out there is how much of it, if any, is going to be required.» (priorityschools.org)
The UFT on Jan. 13 asked the state's Public Employment Relations Board to order mediation to bring negotiations on a teacher evaluation system for 33 restart and transformation schools back on track, after the city walked out of the talks during the Christmas break week. (uft.org)