Gina Sorbera was always the first person to arrive each morning at IS 24, Staten Island.

The workshop at PS 721, a District 75 school in Gravesend, Brooklyn is humming with activity: Students are focused on hammering, painting and gluing at different work stations. They’re building furniture for their new school library: a couch, stools...

The DOE’s seven new Borough Field Support Centers, which will provide support for schools and make instruction more consistent throughout the system, are now open for business.


The UFT is supporting the candidacy of Barry Grodenchik in a special election on Sept. 10 to fill a vacant City Council seat in Queens’ District 23. 


Many of us are guilty of showing bland and uninspiring PowerPoint presentations to our students. Yet, death by PowerPoint is entirely preventable. Remember what it does well, and maximize its strengths.

Chancellor Carmen Fariña has made the education of English language learners a priority. She wants to restore and expand bilingual education.

With the start of a new school year, we are excited to bring you information you need to secure your future.

A grant from the Vernier/National Science Teachers Association Technology Awards is among the featured items in this issue.

Thinking about the first column for the new school year while tending a long-neglected garden, I’m reminded of a popular standard I used to hear on radio station WNEW: “Autumn hath a sadness not akin to pain.”

Tom Murphy, the Unity Caucus candidate for chapter leader of the Retired Teachers Chapter, was re-elected to the post with 78.89 percent of the vote following the June 29 vote count by the American Arbitration Association.