A 5th-grade class at PS 682 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is learning about earthquakes. They start by watching a video, with captions on, about an earthquake in Japan. One student walks to the front of ...

We’re at the midpoint of the two-year phase-in of the city’s new reading programs for elementary schools. Given the city’s diverse student population, the most pressing issue for educators has been ...

Walking into the office of school social worker Maureen Eigenfeld is like walking into an oasis of color and freedom. Students go there to talk about what’s bothering them — but also to paint on the ...

New York’s labor movement came together on an extraordinary scale Sunday, March 8, to demand pension reforms at a rally at the MVP Arena in Albany. More than 10,000 union members from the NYS AFL-CIO, ...

Thousands of special education students in New York City public schools this school year are still without the services they are legally entitled to because of massive shortages of paraprofessionals, ...

What do a rainbow, a dragon and a baseball player have in common? They are all emblazoned in bright colors on a wall at PS 18 in the South Bronx. Members of the school community — including 4th- and ...

The United Federation of Teachers will testify today in support of the City Council's proposed "RESPECT check" legislation that would provide every New York City paraprofessional an annual $10,000 ...

* The annual bonus beginning in May 1, 2026, will be given out every year on May 1 in perpetuity and will go up with collective bargaining increases. The amount will be pro-rated for part-time ...

All four domains and all 22 components of the framework below will be used for supporting and evaluating teacher practice.

James J. McBratney, a product of Staten Island public schools, is a successful business owner and financial adviser best known on Staten Island as the proprietor of Jimmy Max Restaurant, a community ...

Unless modified through a School Based Option (SBO) pursuant to Article 8B, teachers and paraprofessionals in single session schools have a 6 hour, 20 minute workday, Monday-Friday with a 60-minute ...