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Class-size conundrum

Isn’t it amazing how they made the curriculum harder and then increased class size?

Drive underway to get out vote for de Blasio

The UFT has started a big get-out-the-vote drive to get members to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to elect a new mayor of New York City. “Bill de Blasio has a large lead, but we cannot be complacent,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

UFT endorsement policy flawed

Lower class-size limits needed

My school had to excess four teachers last year because we were “underenrolled.” I went from 28-30 kids per class to 30-34 kids per class in a middle school.

Other schools to suffer Cardozo’s fate

It’s obvious what the DOE is trying to do with Benjamin Cardozo HS.

My 6-year-olds aren’t college-ready

I still don’t have Unit 1 for Ready Gen but I really don’t care since more than three-quarters of my class won’t be able to read the book when it comes.

Strategy of support needed

Students with the most challenging students should have the most support.

DOE wants Cardozo HS to pay for Tweed blunder

As if Cardozo HS hasn’t had enough problems dealing with oversize classrooms, the Department of Education is now asking the school to rectify a $400,000 error. That’s the amount of money disbursed by mistake by DOE bookkeepers to the Bayside school.

Family ties

Scientists can tell us all about how dominant and recessive genes determine the color of our eyes, but they haven’t yet isolated the teaching gene. To accomplish that, they need to focus on the three members of a teaching family at Brooklyn’s PS 335...

Project: Back to School

New York City students joined WPIX-TV weatherman Mr. G for the Coalition for the Homeless’ sixth annual backpack giveaway co-sponsored by the UFT on Sept. 19.