Educators at PS 66 in Richmond Hill, Queens are striving to find the balance between encouraging English language learners to preserve their native language abilities and nurturing them in their burgeoning English skills while educating them...

Faith and community leaders joined UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the union’s seventh annual faith-based breakfast for a discussion of the value of public education and how to protect it in the face of efforts to privatize education

Using the PROSE program, the faculty at MS 447 in Boerum Hill is doing something concrete to foster diversity in their school.

About 55 7th-graders from neighboring middle schools have been spending busy Saturday mornings at the test-prep program initiated and led by Brooklyn Latin HS teachers to encourage and prepare local students for the challenging entrance exam required...

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is making it safe for the vultures that run for-profit career training schools to prey on students again.

In the president’s budget blueprint, we see this is a zero-sum game with clear winners and losers. The score can be tallied in dollars awarded and dollars taken away.

Regarding the news that the U.S. Supreme Court has raised the bar for the educational benefits owed to millions of children with disabilities [see News Briefs on page 20]: Public schools need funding to be able to provide for the large population of...

The UFT School Counselors Conference was excellent. Well-organized, upbeat and informative. A perfect opportunity to connect with fellow counselors to learn and share resources that help us serve our New York City students.

As the UFT celebrated its 57th anniversary on March 16, I want to say thank you to those 1960s and 1970s teachers who put their livelihood on the line! You created a safer, more legitimate system for our kids and professionals.

“Squeezed out” [Feb. 2 issue], your article about charter school co-locations, reflected my own school’s experience. When a charter school moved into our building, our middle school lost needed classroom space because the high school was forced down...