The story of how Long Island City HS turned around bodes well for the Bronx Collaborative Schools Plan, a new program to support schools facing the greatest challenges.

Seven. That’s how many African-American students are among the 895 students who have been offered admission next fall to Stuyvesant HS, one of the city’s most prestigious specialized high schools.

How do we change the overall climate in our schools to reduce the conflicts that interfere with student learning and make suspensions necessary? Addressing that challenge is the mission of the Positive Learning Collaborative.

As early childhood educators, we know that social-emotional learning is just as crucial for our young students as number sense or early literacy skills.

Regarding James J. D’Amico’s letter “ Country’s benefits ‘reserved for legal citizens’ ” [Feb. 7], I am sorry he is unaware that undocumented immigrants are guaranteed the right to attend public school according to the U.S. Supreme Court (Plyler v...

Ed Greenspan was right to take the leadership of the UFT to task for its endorsement of Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who “came out fiercely against Israel” [Comments: “ Backed the wrong candidate ,” Feb. 7].

The drug industry is making the largest profits it ever has made because Medicare does not have the right to negotiate prices.

Standardized testing [“ Lawmakers vote to cut tie between state test scores and teacher ratings ,” Feb. 7] needs to be part of the whole picture when evaluating individual student growth, but it needs to be a small part of the puzzle that values...

I agree with the Learning Curve column [Feb. 7] 100 percent.

Regarding the Chapter Leader Shoutout [Feb. 7] about Deborah Navarro, who has built a “union proud, union strong” chapter at PS 226 in Brooklyn based on what she calls “true collaboration” with her principal: Reaching the goal of a workplace where no...