Philadelphia’s public schools will have enough funds to reopen on time this fall because of a last-minute plan for the city to loan the school district $50 million. But students will return to schools that have been mostly stripped of arts...

Bill Thompson, the UFT’s choice for mayor, released a new 30-second TV ad featuring testimonials from family members, parents and teachers.

Bill Thompson campaigned with educators on Staten Island on Sept. 4, starting with a trip on the 7 o’clock ferry from Manhattan, where he greeted passengers, and ending with a tour of neighborhoods still suffering the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew paid a visit to the borough’s Stapleton section on the second day of school to meet educators at PS 78/PS 14, one of the new additions to the UFT’s Community Learning Schools initiative. "Our children have a lot of needs," PS 78 Chapter Leader Gloria Morales said. "Many come to school without coats in the winter, for example. Now teachers will be able to just concentrate on teaching."

The recent dramatic drop in student scores after the state introduced new tests based on the rigorous Common Core learning standards is a clear demonstration that — after a decade of Mayor Bloomberg's obsession with data, test prep and proclamations...

Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, accompanied by UFT President Michael Mulgrew and AFT President Randi Weingarten, stopped in at two Ozone Park, Queens, schools on Sept. 3 to greet teachers as they arrived to prepare for opening day.