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Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho!

Students and staff at PS 32 in Great Kills, Staten Island, performed a new version of Snow White written and directed by one of the school's paraprofessionals.

CTE power to the rescue

LIC HS's culinary arts program is an example of how Career and Technical Education programs keep students engaged and interested in school and prepare them for high-skill, high-wage careers and life after high school.

Digital assessment tools

There are ways to measure learning that take advantage of technology — and make our lives as teachers easier.

Treating alcohol and substance abuse

Many kinds of support are available for those with substance-use issues and for their loved ones, including detox, rehab and intensive outpatient services.

Why we must reject a constitutional convention

Every 20 years, New York State holds a referendum that asks voters if they want to hold a convention to revise or amend the state’s constitution. When the question appears on the ballot on Nov. 7, we are asking you to vote “no,” and here’s why.

Abducted child rescued

It was a day like no other for DeShawn Woodford, a school security supervisor and UFT member, when she and her driver stopped traffic on the Major Deegan Expressway on Feb. 7 to apprehend a man in an AMBER Alert abduction of his two-year-old daughter...

Give Kids a Smile Day in Brooklyn

Fortune smiled on more than 150 students from three Brooklyn schools . They received dental screenings and lessons on oral hygiene at Give Kids a Smile Day, an annual event sponsored by the UFT and Brookdale University Hospital

Don’t tell me my ELL students can’t achieve

Do not tell me my students cannot do math — and don’t let me tell myself that, either.

Skill-building through the arts

I am a special education teacher who teaches performing arts in a theater program for children on the autism spectrum. I incorporate skill-building in my arts instruction — but these activities could just as easily be integrated into the rest of the...

Everything you need to know about vouchers

Here’s a Q&A to give you the information you’ll need to know when Trump makes his move.