I taught math at DeWitt Clinton HS in the Bronx from 2003 to 2006 and then taught in Virginia after moving back to be closer to family. This is my first year as an assistant principal at a high school in Chesapeake, Va.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew sent this letter to the New York Times concerning the issue of retroactive pay for teachers.

Instead of taking responsibility, the New Jersey governor did his usual thing.

 I have nothing against the charter school idea — but all schools must be treated equally in terms of space, supplies and funding.

The road to the Common Core has many paths for students to choose.

I have been put at a loss by our Delegate Assembly’s recent vote to replace the honored word “teacher” with the word “member” “whenever possible.”

While searching through the entire edition of Jan. 16 New York Teacher, it was disappointing to be unable to find one story relating to secretaries or secretarial issues.

Concerning the New York Teacher editorial about Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña bringing “joy” back to the classroom, we certainly need to go back to the human side of education where education, happiness and self-esteem are the goals, not numbers, test scores and compliance.

The amount of time that the alternate assessment for severely disabled students takes away from teaching has been an issue since the test came out, although this year’s changes were the most ridiculous to date.

The recent disability fraud scam involving more than 100 former cops, firefighters and others is a disgrace. It was an insult to the many first responders to ground zero on 9/11 who legitimately deserve to receive their disability benefits after becoming ill from working at the site.