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Functional chapters are valued
Thank you for bringing to light functional chapters.
Remembering ‘Miss Wald’
In “History in their own backyard” [Jan.4], a caption mistakenly identifies Lillian Wald as a social worker. She was a graduate of the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1891 and saw a need for nursing services to help poor immigrant...
The benefit of our union
Unions are here to help us.
Congrats to Dial-A-Teacher
Happy anniversary to Dial-A-Teacher, which recently celebrated 38 years of service.
After Fariña
When Carmen Fariña stepped into the role of schools chancellor in 2014, she brought sanity back to New York City public education after 12 long years of Michael Bloomberg’s disastrous business-knows-best chancellors.
Judge halts Arizona ban on Mexican American studies
A federal judge blocked Arizona from enforcing a controversial ban on Mexican American studies courses, arguing that the state law is unconstitutional.
Texas illegally denied special education services
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Jan. 11 that the Texas Education Agency ran afoul of federal law by failing to provide adequate special education services in the state’s public schools.
Connecticut court blocks education funding overhaul
The Connecticut Supreme Court in January overturned a lower court judge’s wide-ranging decision that the state had failed in its constitutional obligation to adequately fund public education.