IS 93 Chapter Leader Subrina Cek, who passed away in February, was paid tribute at the UFT’s annual District 24 Scholarship Dinner Dance, which drew more than 300 educators and other members of the public school community on April 25.

Figuring out what to do with your Tax-Deferred Annuity when you retire is extremely important since for most of us, it's our largest financial asset.

PS 249 in Flatbush saw its gymnasium transformed into a gallery on May 17 as students, teachers and parents celebrated the school’s ninth annual student art exhibition.

The Irish American Heritage and Culture Committee celebrated the contributions of Irish-Americans to theater on April 28 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Regarding “Transgender policy starts with respect for all” [May 4]: To achieve respect for all, we must first accept the fact that tolerance of one’s private space and private parts is a two-way street.

I recently read that the New York Board of Regents eliminated the literacy test for prospective teachers because minority candidates passed the literacy exam at lower rates than white candidates [The New York Times, March 13].

UFT Vice President Richard Mantell [“What is an American?” VPrespective, May 4] gives what professes to be a working Merriam Webster dictionary definition of the word “American”: “a native or inhabitant of any of the United States.” He argues for an...

The recent decision to go back to the old system and grant parking placards to all school employees is being promoted as some sort of victory, but many teachers and other school employees don’t see it that way.

Public education is not a partisan issue, it’s a moral issue, and no matter who you voted for, everyone has to come together for education. Great speech by Rev. Barber.

I remember the time of the Willowbrook State School atrocities mentioned in your Hungerford School anniversary story [“How far we’ve come,” May 4] as I was entering the field of special ed/deaf and hard-of-hearing education.