The Irish American Heritage and Culture Committee celebrated the contributions of Irish-Americans to theater on April 28 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Regarding “Transgender policy starts with respect for all” [May 4]: To achieve respect for all, we must first accept the fact that tolerance of one’s private space and private parts is a two-way street.

I recently read that the New York Board of Regents eliminated the literacy test for prospective teachers because minority candidates passed the literacy exam at lower rates than white candidates [The New York Times, March 13].

UFT Vice President Richard Mantell [“What is an American?” VPrespective, May 4] gives what professes to be a working Merriam Webster dictionary definition of the word “American”: “a native or inhabitant of any of the United States.” He argues for an...

The recent decision to go back to the old system and grant parking placards to all school employees is being promoted as some sort of victory, but many teachers and other school employees don’t see it that way.

Public education is not a partisan issue, it’s a moral issue, and no matter who you voted for, everyone has to come together for education. Great speech by Rev. Barber.

I remember the time of the Willowbrook State School atrocities mentioned in your Hungerford School anniversary story [“How far we’ve come,” May 4] as I was entering the field of special ed/deaf and hard-of-hearing education.

Graduate student teachers at Yale University have been on a hunger strike for three weeks. Their aim is to pressure Yale officials to recognize their union.

One-fifth of middle and high school students have reported being bullied at school, according to a new report by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Justice Department.

Charter school backers now claim a 4-3 majority on the Los Angeles school board, with sway over the nation’s second-largest school district.