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Community garden project at PS 157, Brooklyn

It took more than a decade of fighting, but community activists, including Elba Cornier, a science teacher at PS/IS 157, succeeded in turning a small vacant lot in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn into a green space the...

2016 Blackboard Awards

Students, proud family members and colleagues crowded the Manhattan auditorium of the New York Institute of Technology on June 6 to honor 14 city teachers who won 2016 Blackboard Awards.

Lawmakers pass controversial Detroit rescue plan

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $617 million bailout and restructuring of the debt-ridden Detroit Public Schools district.

AFL-CIO endorses Hillary Clinton

The largest labor federation in the United States on June 16 endorsed Hillary Clinton for president of the United States, vowing to throw the full weight of more than 50 unions representing about 12.5 million workers behind her candidacy.

PS 114, Brooklyn, creates bicycle safety video

Thirty 5th-grade students at PS 114 in Brooklyn had the ride of their lives on June 2 when a professional camera crew filmed a bicycle safety video they created.

UFT prom attire giveaway

Two hundred middle school students from around the city converged on a storefront near UFT headquarters in Manhattan on June 3 to try on prom attire donated by UFT middle school members.

Edward A. Reynolds West Side HS street sign dedication

Students at the Edward A. Reynolds West Side HS, an alternative school for students who have been unsuccessful in traditional high school settings, have pounded the pavement and the halls of government to present a slice of history.

Standing up for what’s right is ‘inside us’

“We’re feeling better but we’re not home yet,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew reassured retirees gathered for the 53rd annual Retired Teachers Chapter luncheon on June 13 as he summarized the state of New York City’s public schools at the close of the...

School renaming at PS 41, Staten Island

When teacher Stephanie Vierno died at age 46 in October 2013, the void felt throughout PS 41 in Staten Island was palpable. So they found a way to make sure she’d be with them every day by renaming the school after her.

District 75 students at P4 perform ‘The Lion King’

Twelve teachers and 58 special-needs students worked together to bring their standing-room-only production of the hit musical “The Lion King” to the stage of P4 in Fresh Meadows on June 2.