New research suggests that teaching a new grade is challenging and reduces a teacher’s effectiveness in the short term for most teachers.

The Los Angeles City Council on May 19 voted 14–1 to increase the city’s minimum wage from $9 to $15 per hour by 2020.

Public schools are once again under threat from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Wall Street financiers, who are pushing state lawmakers to raise the number of charter schools in New York City and pass an education tax credit that will dramatically lower the...

Philadelphia charter school operator ASPIRA, Inc., dispatched two union-busting outfits to dissuade teachers at two of its schools from unionizing with the American Federation of Teachers.

Students use these superhero power tools to tackle villain words.

Six schools and 130 students participated in Prom Mania, an event co-sponsored by the UFT where students could select prom dresses and suits for free.

The UFT and the DOE reached agreement in mid-May to continue the current configuration of the work week for the 2015–16 school year.


Our city’s academic high schools are full of creative and innovative teachers committed to providing a varied and rich learning exchange to their students. I was delighted to have the opportunity to recently visit the classrooms of two such teachers...

The excitement that the District 25 Basketball League generates was on display on May 12, when the co-ed league staged its All Star Basketball Showcase at Martin Van Buren HS in Queens Village.

A new survey by the American Federation of Teachers has found that the nation’s educators are stressed out and feel underappreciated.