Anyone who teaches in a New York City school can see a world of difference in even just kindergarten between children who attended pre-K and those who didn’t.

The Los Angeles school district’s plan to spend $1 billion equipping 650,000 students with iPads has been scaled back after getting off to a rocky start.

Contrary to what was reported by the New York Post [Nov. 15], PS 114 in Brooklyn has made significant and measurable improvements in the area of student progress and student performance.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew appealed to those being honored at the annual New Retiree Luncheon on Nov. 12 to remain part of the struggle to reshape public education in New York City following the disastrous years of the Bloomberg administration.

U.S. students continue to lag behind their counterparts in many countries in Asia and elsewhere in the world, according to the results of a well-regarded international test.

More than 110 demonstrators against Walmart’s low wages and poor treatment of workers were arrested at protests across the country on the day after Thanksgiving, according to protest organizers.

Rhode Island’s more than 540 newly unionized family child care providers are expected to begin negotiations this month for a first contract with the state.

In a landmark decision, a federal judge on Dec. 3 ruled that Detroit is eligible for bankruptcy and that the city can, in its financial restructuring, cut the pensions that retired municipal workers now receive.

A new law in Illinois that cuts the pensions of teachers and other public employees amounts to a theft of these workers’ deferred compensation.

The Supplemental Health Insurance Program’s 2014 premium notices will be sent in early January to retirees who have not elected to pay premiums via automatic pension deduction.