There were the usual smiles, tears, nerves and excitement across the city as students and teachers returned to public school classrooms on Sept. 4 to begin the 2014-15 year. The one big difference: 50,000 4-year-olds arrived for the first time under the DOE’s expanded full-day pre-K program.

The scores of New York City students increased modestly in both math and English language arts on the latest state tests, released on Aug. 14, as the students became more familiar with the Common Core Learning Standards and their teachers worked hard...

I reached out to the Peer Intervention Program in August 2013. During the preceding school year, I had experienced difficulties in a new assignment.

I disagree with the proposed changes to the specialized high schools’ admissions process [“Fairer admissions sought for specialized high schools,” June 26].

In response to your article “The destruction of New Orleans’ public school system” [June 26]: Something wicked this way comes.

I’m glad that the UFT took part in the Pride March on June 29.

The UFT is supporting a large slate of candidates in the 2014 elections for the New York Assembly and Senate and the U.S. Congress through its state affliliate, NYSUT. Among the 98 endorsed candidates who represent parts of New York City are five...

The National Labor Relations Board said on July 29 that McDonald’s could be held jointly liable for labor and wage violations perpetrated by its franchise operators in a ruling that could upend fast food labor practices and give a dramatic boost to...

The embattled Metropolitan Opera settled the last of three outstanding contracts with its largest unions on Aug. 20, clearing the final major hurdle for its season to begin on time in September.