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Tenure celebrations in Districts 4 and 5 in Manhattan

Teachers in Districts 4 and 5 in Manhattan who achieved tenure this spring were recognized for their hard work at tenure celebrations in June.

Combating inequity

Some of the best high schools in New York City are deficient when it comes to enrolling black and Latino students.

Safeguarding our union’s legacy

Let’s make sure that when we leave our legacy, the next generation has a clear understanding of what’s important and why, so it can protect that legacy and build on it.

Fish tale

Glad to see Trout in the Classroom [“Tank goodness,” June 2] still going strong.

Kansas lawmakers seek school funding fix

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on May 27 that the state Legislature had failed to equitably fund public schools, giving the state until June 30 to fix its financing system or face a court-ordered shutdown of schools.

Community garden project at PS 157, Brooklyn

It took more than a decade of fighting, but community activists, including Elba Cornier, a science teacher at PS/IS 157, succeeded in turning a small vacant lot in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn into a green space the...

2016 Blackboard Awards

Students, proud family members and colleagues crowded the Manhattan auditorium of the New York Institute of Technology on June 6 to honor 14 city teachers who won 2016 Blackboard Awards.

Lawmakers pass controversial Detroit rescue plan

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $617 million bailout and restructuring of the debt-ridden Detroit Public Schools district.

AFL-CIO endorses Hillary Clinton

The largest labor federation in the United States on June 16 endorsed Hillary Clinton for president of the United States, vowing to throw the full weight of more than 50 unions representing about 12.5 million workers behind her candidacy.

PS 114, Brooklyn, creates bicycle safety video

Thirty 5th-grade students at PS 114 in Brooklyn had the ride of their lives on June 2 when a professional camera crew filmed a bicycle safety video they created.