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Charter execs: Pay up!

You would think that if Success Academy Charter Schools can pay Eva Moskowitz a salary of $475,244, they could also afford to pay rent for their space in public school buildings.

Maximizing your prescription drug benefits

Read on for some advice on how best to maximize your prescription drug benefit, whether you’re at a doctor’s visit or the pharmacy, or determining how best to order your maintenance medications.

Far Rockaway school overcame and is still overcoming

Walk through the hallways at PS/MS 105 in Far Rockaway and you would never suspect that anything terrible had happened here. Yet just one year ago, this large K-8 school was among the hardest-hit by Hurricane Sandy and is still, in fact, in the...

A new day

Pat yourselves on the back, UFT members. There is reason for pride and celebration. On Nov. 5, the people were heard. We have a new mayor, comptroller, public advocate and many new City Council members who support our schools and respect UFT members.

Grants, Awards & Freebies — Nov. 14, 2013

NASA’s Explorer Schools Project offers free online resources to help science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educators inspire and engage future scientists, engineers and technicians.

Much still unknown about new, tougher GED test

The new graduate-equivalency test, which will be introduced on Jan. 1, will be a more difficult path toward the high school equivalency diploma, and some parts of it will be offered online only. But the test isn’t ready, and teachers have not...

Interactive writing in the high school classroom

After discussions with many students and teachers, I have come to believe that what often ends up being left out of writing instruction and yet is at the heart of teaching students how to write is guided practice – specifically guided practice in the...

Special ed reform deprives students of needed services

The UFT has called on the DOE to fix its flawed special education reform. Union officials say the reform has failed to prepare teachers to meet the needs of students with special needs and has resulted in many students with disabilities not receiving...

UFT: Halt testing in pre-K through 2nd grade

UFT President Michael Mulgrew on Oct. 29 blasted the city Department of Education for asking 2nd-graders or younger to complete bubble-answer sheets for multiple-choice questions.

One year after Sandy: Thanks!

Just a quick note to acknowledge our appreciation to the UFT for sharing our school’s story.