

Solidarity with Ukraine
Let’s have a day of solidarity, where all educators wear yellow and blue to show support for all Ukrainian educators here in New York City.

Books and guns
“Not a single kid has died in a mass reading, yet they’re banning books instead of guns.”

Para career ladder
As a paraprofessional interested in an education career, the UFT’s Career Training Program helped me obtain a DOE voucher to earn my bachelor’s in early childhood education and psychology

Library named for teacher
Naming the library after a teacher is a beautiful tribute to a truly wonderful lady.

Phonics sound-off
It’s good to read that teachers are once again allowed to teach phonics, so their young students have tools to build decoding and spelling skills.


Honor is due
For the last 22 months, the medical personnel and first responders of our city have answered the call to help people in need.

Banned books
The news that some schools are banning the novels of Toni Morrison is cause for alarm. The notion of protecting impressionable students from the uncertainties of the world and the potential for dark human impulses must be dispelled.

Food waste and pollution
Every day, hundreds of thousands of plastic-wrapped breakfasts are given out to New York City schoolchildren, many of whom eat breakfast at home. Teachers say, “You don’t have to eat it but take it anyway.” At the end of breakfast time, teachers tie a large garbage bag to their classroom door handle, and many students throw out uneaten breakfasts.

NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
Thank you to Tom Murphy for the very necessary, very illuminating “From the Chapter Leader” column in the Oct. 28 issue about the new NYC Medicare Advantage Plus plan