The city DOE's "shadow chancellor" -- Dan Weisberg -- is jumping ship on the heels of Mayor Eric Adams launching his re-election bid.

.UFT President Mulgrew just wrapped up his "mayoral town hall" — featuring no mayoral candidates and no other speakers, just him answering pre-screened, cherry-picked questions — and then wonders why 46% of union members voted against him. 🤡

"Mulgrew is expected to announce a pre-determined, drafted resolution stating who the union will endorse in the general election for mayor. Once again, delegates will be asked to rubber-stamp a decision that most members had no role in making," say teachers of A Better Contract.

The UFT’s endorsement process is broken—closed-door decisions, no true member input, no transparency. We need endorsements that reflect rank-and-file voices, not Mulgrew’s agenda. 🧩 Read more: abettercontract.org/p/the-ufts-end… #UFT #ABetterContract #UnionDemocracy #FixTheProcess

A "shotgun endorsement," as a teacher put it. "Today we heard mostly from the officers in this union who capitalized most of the debate time for a reso they crafted. Everyday members were left out of this process throughout, and their voices were not considered in this shotgun

In yet another highly-scripted event, the UFT Delegate Assembly endorse Zohran Mamdani. api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…

Here's what A Better Contract would have done differently in the UFT endorsement process--basically, we'd have given membership a voice and vote. arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/the-zohran-e…

Bad look for a union. When are UFT employees gonna organize? cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/…

Here is my full statement to the Post. And I still stand with what was published on my behalf. UFT leadership until you truly include member voice, you will reap what you’ve sown. Allow for members to directly vote for major political endorsements.

I also pulled cope, when UFT Unity threatened me with civil and criminal penalties for the offense of parodying Michael Mulgrew--which is protected by my First Amendment rights.

NYC teacher Daniel Alicea understands why colleagues would pull their donations to UFT's political activities fund when union leaders act as an "entrenched, political patronage partisan machine."

Absolutely zero support for liberal friends of education who won't name AFT Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸❌👑💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🇺🇦 complicity in pushing #AI in schools with #tech moguls. nytimes.com/2025/07/08/tec…

Banks says that principals and teachers unions got on board with the reading curriculum mandate that he called “legacy” work, but the principals union long raised concerns and teachers union praised it but shifted course - DOE eventually tweaked it

Madina Touré The teachers union praises everything then backtracks in election seasons. They lost the retirees and went back on Medicare Advantage somewhat. They decided to care on NYC Reads and NYC Solves this year, during an election seasons. Same with the para bill.

💰 The UFT just signed a $23M deal with OpenAI & Microsoft — no MOA, no strong enforcement, no transparency. Educators = sold out Classrooms = test labs Where’s the accountability? Read the exposé: thewire.educators.nyc/p/ufts-23m-sel… #UFT #AIinEducation #BigTechTakeover #ProtectTeachers

Join me today Sun 7/20 at 7 PM on #TalkOutofSchool on WBAI New York at 99.5 FM, streaming at wbai.org 99.5FM. We share the top local & national education news — including the ‘purge’ of the UFT 6. I also replay my past interview w/educator & unionist Arthur Goldstein teacherarthurg.bsky.social 🎧 wbai.org

Who was in charge of designing this lamebrain system? $17 Million of NYC funds for youth workers was lost in 3 days as students or other people who had the card started pulling unlimited loads of cash from ATMs, $10,000 to $20,000 dollars, $200 at time. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyr…

Warning to all those making deals with Big Tech re AI including Trump, NYC Public Schools & AFT fr/privacy expert Daniel J. Solove teachprivacy.com/cartoon-techno… cc Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸❌👑💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🇺🇦 Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹🇨🇱❤️ AI for Families Parents4Privacy

“Matching funds, overcharged rent, and Foundation Aid funding would be part of a charter school audit as my administration determined how to manage the reality of co-located schools & legal entitlements,” nypost.com/2025/08/06/us-…