There were flowers, balloons, certificates and toasts of sparkling cider for 44 newly tenured teachers at a District 29 celebration of tenure on Oct. 20.

Massachusetts has become a major battleground for corporate education reformers intent on expanding the charter sector this fall. Their goal: to lift the 120-school statewide cap on charter schools. Their vehicle: a binding referendum on the ballot...

Sepsis is an often fatal, toxic response to infection by the body’s own normal immune system.

What kind of Supreme Court appointments are likely to be made by Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? The presidential election presents opportunities and dangers for both sides.

Paul Barbara says his science teacher at Staten Island Technical HS "taught me how to learn what I thought I’d never understand and how to complete a task.”

The centrally funded IEP teacher role has been reenvisioned to focus on identifying and addressing learning issues before students are referred for evaluation.

Who says there’s no such thing as time travel? Thirty-six students and three teachers from Brooklyn traveled by train for only an hour on Oct. 18, but arrived in Corona, Queens, and found they’d been transported back to the mid-1900s, to the house...

Thousands of UFT members joined the annual Making Strides against Breast Cancer walks on Sunday, Oct. 16, including Kendra Williams, a teacher at PS 157 in the Bronx and breast cancer survivor.

Your Learning Curve column [Oct. 6] basically says that studies show homework isn’t necessary and may be harmful (due to other activities that the student is missing out on while completing it) and then has a bunch of teachers explain anecdotally...