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United Federation of Teachers: A Union of Professionals

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    Today, the PS 12 Staff in honor of National .

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    15 hours ago

    The and members of PS 106 are wearing orange in unity to say enough. Gun violence must end. We want change. Now.

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  5. 49 minutes ago
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    16 hours ago

    Staff in memory of gun violence victims and in support of advocates working to reduce gun violence in our nation.

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    19 hours ago

    At 389, friends wore orange to reinforce the importance of safety.

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  10. 20 hours ago

    Students at Sunset Park Prep demand an end to gun violence. – at Sunset Park Prep

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  11. 21 hours ago

    Since 2013, there have been at least 925 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in the U.S., resulting in 295 deaths and 621 injuries. (Source: )

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  13. 24 hours ago

    Today we . Next Saturday, we March For Our Lives against gun violence. Register to join us:

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  14. 24 hours ago

    Thanks go to Sen Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Sen NYC Education Chair Senator John Liu, Sen Education Chair Senator Shelley Mayer, Senator Robert Jackson, Assembly Education Chair Michael Benedetto & Assembly Member Manny De Los Santos.

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  15. 24 hours ago

    Fact: New York City suffers from high teacher attrition. Roughly 5,000 instructors resign or retire every year, fed up with city teaching conditions — including oversized classes. The possibility of dramatically lowering class sizes could help retain many of these veterans.

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  16. 24 hours ago

    In no case will popular, special, or over-enrolled schools or programs be able to push out or turn away students based on the new space calculations, though such schools will be required to make plans to expand their capacity over time.

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  17. 24 hours ago

    Fact: The plan is adaptable. In addition to its phase-in nature, the bill would give the city’s neediest schools the highest priority for class size reduction.

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  18. 24 hours ago

    Fact: The total five-year cost for additional teachers — $1 billion — is less than one percent of the city’s current $100 billion annual budget.

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  19. 24 hours ago

    Fact: Using the Department of Education’s most recent space survey, nearly 90 percent of the system’s current buildings could adopt the new class size guidelines, which would bring the earliest grades down from the current 25 to 20 students, and high school classes from 34 to 25.

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  20. 24 hours ago

    Fact: Thanks to new federal education funds designed to help schools deal with the effects of the pandemic, $7.6 billion in additional federal support has come to our schools, along with $1.3 billion in state funds through Gov. Hochul’s commitment to fully fund foundation aid.

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