At the heart of this contract is the belief that if you want to achieve something significant, you have to empower the people who do the work.

Paraprofessionals have been called the backbone of every classroom. Our proposed contract agreement with the city recognizes their contribution to our schools.

Regarding the story “Temperatures rising” [Oct. 4] — in September my class was so hot and humid my eyeglasses fogged up!

Standards are important measures we use to compare and evaluate. Because there were myriad issues with the Common Core Learning Standards, the New York State Education Department scrapped them and, with the help of more than 130 educators and parents...

As a longtime UFT member and now a retiree, I have seen the UFT accomplish much good over the years.

From my experience, I don’t believe the use of rubrics has been all that helpful on the elementary school level.

The president of the United States recently suggested that there might be violence if Democrats were voted into office.

I urge people to take their right to vote very seriously during these extremely important midterm elections.

The UFT and the AFT are always ready to help when disaster strikes.