Beyond the lack of civility and personal attacks in the second presidential debate, the failure of either candidate (or the moderators) to mention education in any capacity was a glaring and dangerous omission.

Choice is the key on the question of school integration.

Melissa Rodriguez found a new use for a stroller. At her first First Book event sponsored by the UFT, with 1-year-old son Noel sitting in front, Rodriguez stuffed their allotment of 50 books behind him.

Fernando Restrepo uses jiu jitsu -- Brazilian martial arts -- to build discipline and self-esteem with his Bronxdale HS students.

Teachers in many New York City public schools are using a brand-new social studies curriculum this fall that was designed and written entirely by their fellow New York City teachers.


School communities across the city participated in a nationwide Day of Action on Oct. 7 to highlight the $1.6 billion that Albany owes New York City public schools.

On Oct. 5, paraprofessional Ursula Simmons and five special-needs students from PS 811 in the Bronx were on a school bus on the Bruckner Expressway when they were hit from behind by a car.

More than 100 Brooklyn schools and Kingsborough Community College have received $26 million in grants from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to enhance instruction in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics — better known as STEAM.

UFT members found out how to tackle insomnia or help people kept awake at night by a partner’s snoring at a UFT Welfare Fund Medical Learning Series seminar on sleep disorders: Solutions to Getting a Good Night’s Sleep.

The Social Security Administration announced a cost-of-living adjustment of 0.3 percent in 2017, an increase that will affect more than 65 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients.