Ned Hoskin

When the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY bargained its historic deal to get paid parental leave for all academic faculty and professional staff, solidarity proved to be its ace in the hole.

Leaders of NYSUT higher education affiliates said Monday lawmakers need to increase funding to colleges and universities in the 2022-23 state budget after more than a decade of neglect.

NYSUT is urging lawmakers to pass a budget that would tie community college funding to the relatively normal year of 2018-19, which would begin to restore funding by $35 million.

NYSUT President Andy Pallotta said recently that last year’s commitment to a three-year phase in of the full Foundation Aid formula, along with the governor’s promise to honor that commitment, is “a tremendous step forward for education in New York.” However, he told lawmakers, below, at a virtual j…

According to a recent survey by the American Federation of Teachers, a supermajority of parents give their schools and teachers top marks for their Herculean efforts to respond to the challenges of COVID–19.

Addressing many of the proposals in NYSUT’s Future Forward Task Force report, the enacted 2022–23 New York state budget moves us a step closer to finally keeping the promise to fully fund Foundation Aid, addresses the teacher shortage and includes needed resources for higher education.

Standing with students, parents, school officials and legislators while visiting several public schools across the state this month, NYSUT called for a $100 million state investment to dramatically increase statewide the number of community schools, a game-changing model that helps students and families address the deeply rooted challenges they face that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.