Danielle O’Connell has been a Hearing Education Services teacher for eight years, the last seven in a self-contained classroom of 12 children in grades 3-5 at P4 at PS 109 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

The DOE has informed us that it intends to create a new position for speech teachers who have a Speech and Language Pathology license. The title of this position — "Teacher – Medicaid Speech Services" — says it all. The DOE wants to put your professional license on the line to seek Medicaid reimbursement for speech services.

Bill de Blasio, who criticized the growing income inequality in the city and promised to restore respect for teachers and unions, was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 5. In his victory speech, he painted a vision of a city where "we all rise together."

This DOE memo gives the deadline and procedures for teachers in shortage license areas to apply for compensation.

Robert D’Alessio, a special education teacher at the Abraham Lincoln School in Brooklyn, showed how teachers can advocate for themselves to help create the conditions where the greatest amount of student learning can occur.

You didn’t cause it, but one of the students sitting in front of you this year with learning disabilities or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have already given up on learning.

The UFT began the first fact-finding hearing for a new contract on May 6. The dispute pivots largely on the question of pattern bargaining. The UFT’s position is that its members are entitled to the same raises as other city workers have received. The DOE counters that it can't afford it.