In courtyards, in backyards and on rooftops, hundreds of school gardens are in bloom. Tens of thousands of city children are planting seeds and helping them grown into flowers and plants that please the eye, build good health and bring color to...

Every New Yorker is a boricua for the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, and the UFT was well-represented on June 8.

The last doom-and-gloom column outlined the impending bloodbath many pundits see coming in the November 2014 midterm elections, just five months from now. This column is devoted to possibilities and glimmers of hope.

Retirees packed UFT headquarters on June 13 for the chapter’s annual Day at the University.

It was a chance to honor the great work that had won them accolades from parents and to share what makes great educators tick, as this year’s Blackboard Awards were celebrated on June 2 in the packed auditorium of children’s book publisher Scholastic...

Adam Kinory, an English as a second language teacher at School of the Future in Manhattan, always thought teachers could facilitate their own professional development if only they had a little paid time and a good book to guide them. Four years ago...

Here are some tips from experienced teachers on how to have a productive summer vacation.

Some 950 new members of the New York City Teaching Fellows were welcomed into the teaching profession on June 16 at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn.

Despite improvements in the overall four-year graduation rate, breakouts by subgroups show stubborn, ongoing inequalities in the city’s graduation rates.