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Visual supports for nonverbal students

The K–2 students in my self-contained 6:1:1 class love our morning meetings.

New state certification requirements

During the five-year period starting on July 1, 2016, professionally certified teachers and Level III certified paraprofessionals are required to collect a total of 100 professional development hours, now called Continuing Teacher and Leader...

Mulgrew: Union is going all out for Hillary

New York City public school educators and the union have been going full bore in their efforts to get Hillary Clinton elected president, UFT President Michael Mulgrew said at the start of the first Delegate Assembly of the school year in Shanker Hall...

Calling (and more) for Clinton

In the month leading up to this critical presidential election, UFT members turned out at after-school phone banks in all five union borough offices and also made calls from home on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Two of a kind

The guidance counselor and social worker at PS 203 in Queens believe in the same things, finish each other's sentences and walk the hallways in tandem. The school's successful character education program is a march of of the strength of their...

Rigged!

District 29 tenure celebration

There were flowers, balloons, certificates and toasts of sparkling cider for 44 newly tenured teachers at a District 29 celebration of tenure on Oct. 20.

Familiar faces in Massachusetts charter cap battle

Massachusetts has become a major battleground for corporate education reformers intent on expanding the charter sector this fall. Their goal: to lift the 120-school statewide cap on charter schools. Their vehicle: a binding referendum on the ballot...

Sepsis: A ‘hidden killer’

Sepsis is an often fatal, toxic response to infection by the body’s own normal immune system.

Election of ‘Supreme’ importance

What kind of Supreme Court appointments are likely to be made by Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? The presidential election presents opportunities and dangers for both sides.