Her father had no idea she was going to go up to the microphone and give a speech. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when the Forest Hills HS student, who was born deaf and now has cochlear implants, gave a talk at the seventh annual Better Speech and Hearing Month celebration on May 13.

The more than 1,500 UFT members who attended this year’s Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton on May 11 attended workshops on a variety of relevant education topics, were treated to a mayoral forum featuring all five Democratic contenders for mayor, a major address from UFT President Michael Mulgrew and a keynote speech from actor Henry Winkler, this year’s winner of the union’s prestigious Dewey Award.

Mulgrew urges next mayor to "drain the swamp" of DOE bureaucracy, reduce paperwork burden on teachers and administrators, find new ways to engage parents

Your gown sweeps the floor as you dance surrounded by laughter, music, guys in tuxedos, grown-up elegance, farewells. You can’t believe high school is nearly over, forever! You’re taking your first step into the world of adulthood.

Strategies to turn “bystanders” into “upstanders” when bullying occurs were explored at the Be BRAVE Against Bullying Conference on May 2 at union headquarters.

Socioeconomic segregregation in schools greatly affects students' graduation and college enrollment rates, new research shows.

Teachers in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the state’s new teacher evaluation system is unfair because it partly rates their job performance on test scores of students they don’t know and subjects they don’t teach.

Michelle Rhee's record under scrutiny, new science standards, and other news from around the country.

With information and news sources proliferating on social media and the Internet, educators say it is increasingly important to teach students how to separate fact from fiction.

Michelle Rhee's record under scrutiny, new science standards, and other news from around the country.