The stars are out — and the planets, constellations and galaxies, too — at the newly renovated Hubble Planetarium at Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn. The planetarium officially reopened on April 2.

More than 250 students, teachers, parents and a few alumni celebrated the 60th anniversary of PS 186, the Castlewood School in Queens, on April 4.

New research examining the impact of different classroom instructional practices on student achievement in math and science found that learning gains were greatest in math when calculators, computers and other technology were integrated in the class...

When my principal announced that this year’s focus would be on student assessments, I worried about the meaningless 1's my English language learners would receive on the writing or reading assessments at the end of every unit.

Raised flags representing all the countries of the world and a wish for universal peace capped a UFT program honoring the lives and continuing work of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Dalai Lama at union headquarters.

The annual commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25 drew elected officials, firefighters, union leaders, teachers and students to honor the dead and pay tribute to the labor union movement that emerged from the ashes.

Early childhood educators want to see rigorous, high-quality programs. That doesn’t mean they want a little workbook culture — far from it. But it does mean they want to see a huge push on literacy skill-building.

There have been some changes made in hospital procedures that I thought all RTC members should know about. Sasha Greene, the RTC director of retiree social services, explains those changes and how they will affect you.

“It’s all about middle school this year,” Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña told an enthusiastic audience of more than 500 middle school educators attending the UFT’s first Middle School Conference on March 29.

Interesting word definitions, based on the perspective of a teacher in her first year on the job.