And now, our esteemed mayor, Bill de Blasio, is running for president of the United States!

The article “Civics Education” [Learning Curve column, June 6], mistakenly refers to “American democracy.” Of course, the United States was founded as a constitutional republic, not as a democracy.

I’m one of those who went out on strike and lost two days’ pay for each day on strike. However, I took my entire department out with me, including a nonmember of the union. I have fond memories of that woman and that strike.

I could not help but consider the ramifications of life without a union when reading the President’s Perspective column.

The calamity that was Sept. 11 has receded in memory for many people who were not directly affected by the terrorist attacks. But for the first responders and the people who lived, worked and attended school near Ground Zero — some 425,000 New...

When the UFT and the Department of Education launched Teacher Career Pathways seven years ago, it was an effort to give teachers a career path that allowed them to remain teachers and share their hard-earned knowledge for the benefit of their...

We all carry biases and can benefit from a better understanding of how they affect our relationships with others, personally and professionally.

If there is one thing that is a constant in special education, it’s change.

A more equitable solution to college debt would be to ask students to perform some form of national service in exchange for forgiveness of their student loans.