Two Federation of Nurses/UFT members who work at Brooklyn’s Lutheran Medical Center were among those who responded to the appeal for medical volunteers to help in the relief effort. The two young nurses used their vacation time for the two-week...

Two new studies indicate that physical education can help to boost academic achievement. Aerobically fit students in two states were more than twice as likely to pass math and reading tests than students who were not aerobically fit.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night may shut down your local post office, but a new privatization scheme by the U.S. Postal Service could.

The terrifying episode began as writing specialist Vanessa Veal’s 1st-grade students at PS 75 in the South Bronx filed into class after lunch and she saw a six-year-old girl with her hands around her throat. “That’s a classic symbol of choking," she...

Good pre-K teachers are like magicians to the rest of us, not just keeping kids safe, but teaching them how to feel safe. Not just showing them how the world works but giving them a role in creating it.

While progress has been made in schools regarding bullying and inappropriate treatment of gay and LGBT students and educators, there is still much work to do, UFT Vice President Sterling Roberson told the City Council Education Committee during a...

I taught math at DeWitt Clinton HS in the Bronx from 2003 to 2006 and then taught in Virginia after moving back to be closer to family. This is my first year as an assistant principal at a high school in Chesapeake, Va.

Some 450 members of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter met at union headquarters on Jan. 27 for their eighth annual Clinical Professional Development program.

Teachers are always looking for compelling ways to spark students’ interest and engage them in meaningful discussions. One strategy that works is small-group Socratic symposiums on questions developed by students.

A 12-year-old autistic boy who went missing on Jan. 30 before arriving at his Queens school was found because of the quick detective work of school staff.