The city Department of Education on Nov. 10 released School Quality Reports for the 2014–15 school year for all elementary, middle and high schools.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Ayisha Irfan believed herself to be just another Brooklyn-born 13-year-old. “When I woke up the next morning, everything had changed dramatically,” says Irfan, now 27, and an analyst in charge of education, justice and policing for...

After roughly six months of sometimes contentious negotiations, approximately 800 UFT-represented workers at United Cerebral Palsy of New York City have a new contract.


It was a brisk, clear fall night at the White House when Brooklyn International HS senior Sofy Alvarez stepped out of the crowd of astronauts, students, congressmen and astronomy fans to show President Barack Obama how to use a reflecting telescope.

Rosanna Giannuzzi, a 5th-grade teacher at PS/IS 180 the SEEALL Academy in Borough Park, Brooklyn, knows her students are on the brink of big changes in their lives.

In her time as a paraprofessional, Carolyn Bonaparte-Jones has assisted many fine special education teachers, but no one came close to Laila Elhanafy. “From the first day of school, everyone loved Laila," she said.

Every academic or pedagogical conversation that I come across these days always seems to emphasize STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).

Teachers know that art can instill a love of learning across all subject areas.

The UFT filed a union-initiated grievance when members informed it that there was confusion regarding kindergarten class size and that the contractual class-size limit of 25 was not being adhered to in many schools.

Joseph Marschhauser and Norman Ringle have been dear friends for decades. They attended library school together and today both work as librarians at New Utrecht HS in Bensonhurst. Now they have one more thing in common: Marschhauser gave Ringle one...