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Opposing viewpoints

When a new presidential rule stated that tuning the TV to Fox News would be standard operating procedure aboard Air Force One, I couldn’t help but wonder what type of education Donald Trump received.

Clarification

Regarding “A look back and a farewell” [July 5]: The Speech Improvement Chapter was well-established before 1991.

Specialized admissions

The gross underrepresentation of the black and Hispanic students in the elite high schools is the direct result of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s utter failure to provide equal opportunity for success for all students, regardless of race or culture, from the...

Sticking with the union

I was a chapter leader for 24 years in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and the UFT was the mainstay of our survival.

Second time’s a charm

Regarding the July 5 Research Shows column “Students gain from having same teacher twice,” I have done it twice — one time for three years (an awesome experience) and the last time for two years. It is easier for all involved — students, parents...

The power of words

Students from Manhattan's Maxine Greene HS for Imagination and Inquiry brought history to life through the words of minorities, the working poor, immigrants, rebels and dissenters, at a Lincoln Center performance that capped their two-year AP...

Starting off by the book

Hundreds of new teachers will start their school year with up to 50 free books apiece for their classroom, courtesy of the UFT’s book giveaway on Aug. 11.

Judge blocks Trump’s anti-worker orders

In a victory for unions, a federal judge on Aug. 25 invalidated three executive orders from the Trump administration intended to make it easier to fire federal workers and weaken their union representation.

Betsy DeVos rolls back another student protection

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced on Aug. 10 that the U.S. Department of Education will eliminate an Obama-era rule protecting students from for-profit post-secondary schools that load their students with debt without equipping them with...

Ill wind in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s governor is using the damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria as justification to push school privatization. Eleven months after the hurricane, the first charter school opened on the island this August.