UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined Retired Teachers Chapter members at the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township, J.J., for the 25th Annual Luncheon on Oct. 26. Members also heard from Gerri Herskowitz , the director of Retiree Programs, and...

The Supplemental Health Insurance Program’s 2016 premium notices will be sent in early January to retirees who have not elected to pay premiums via automatic pension deduction.

In the article “Art is everywhere” [Nov. 5], Ceclia Chong says that she was invited to “curate a show of art teachers who have a full career as an artist as well — not just work on the side.”

Introduced by the city’s Department of Education as a pilot program in January 2008, Breakfast in the Classroom has since grown into one of the most significant health and wellness programs in city schools.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave U.S. high schools generally good marks for their teaching of sex education, but indicated in its Dec. 9 School Health Profiles report that many areas still need improvement.

This unit will provide information concerning the hunting and trapping of animals and how this has led to extinction and endangerment of some species. Alternatives to the use of animals for fur will also be explored.

The unit will enable students to identify great apes and the similarities they share with humans as well as differences. Students will learn about the family and social structures, behavioral characteristics and physical needs of these highly...

This unit will aquatint students with some of the Medical Research Modernization Committee's concerns about the scientific value of animal research. It will also suggest a variety of non-animal methodologies that could be used as alternatives to...

The following projects won humane science awards at New York Academy of Sciences annual student expos.