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Kentucky passes controversial ‘right-to-work’ law

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed into law a bill blocking unions in the state from collecting dues from the non-member workers they represent.

Hurting undocumented children

President Trump’s Jan. 26 executive order puts the approximately 535,000 undocumented immigrants in New York City at risk of deportation, and their children who attend public schools now face being separated from their families.

Hurting special-needs students

The six million students with disabilities in public schools around the country will suffer the most if Betsy DeVos expands for-profit charters and private-school vouchers nationwide.

CTLE requirements

Professionally certified teachers and Level III certified paraprofessionals are required to collect a total of 100 professional development hours, now called Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours, by a state-approved provider such as...

Family para-dise

Sonia Dunkley has been a paraprofessional at PS 9 in the Bronx for 24 years. She loves her job so much that over the years she has told each of her four adult children some version of this: “Try what I’m doing and see if you like it.”

Parent workshop at PS 154, the Bronx

A ceramics workshop for parents is one way that PS 154 is trying to strengthen the connection of parents to this South Bronx school.

Advanced Placement record set

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined the mayor and the schools chancellor on Jan. 17 to announce that a record number of New York City public school students took and passed Advanced Placement exams in the prior school year.

Mayor’s budget would fund 38,000 new seats

Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed funding more than 38,000 new public school seats in his preliminary budget for the coming fiscal year.

Cuomo pitches $1B hike in school funding

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a $1 billion increase in state aid to public schools while proposing a change to the formula used to distribute education aid statewide. The governor also said he wants to keep the millionaire’s tax.

Stress, fear and anxiety

Workplace stress is on the rise. That is bad news, as we now know that stress can cause or exacerbate disease.