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Pay paraprofessionals their due

Paraprofessionals make the case to outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to back the RESPECT check bill.

How a ‘RESPECT check’ would help

Paraprofessionals make the case to outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to allow the RESPECT check bill to get a vote.

Let’s fix Danielson

A Queens teacher argues the Danielson teacher evaluation process needs an overhaul, with teachers being rated in part on how much they've grown as educators.

Approach AI with caution

A retired educator warns that teachers must take pains to ensure the human student-teacher relationship remains central in schools as artificial intelligence makes inroads into the pedagogical process.

Harmful paraprofessional shortage

Teacher Robyn Matty speaks to the challenges teachers and students face in the wake of a severe shortage in paraprofessionals.

Paraprofessionals deserve the money

Paraprofessional Diana Judge advocates for City Council passage of the $10,00 "RESPECT check" for paraprofessionals.

Worthy of praise

School librarian Jennifer Hermus-Washburn praises Staten Island restaurant owner and New York City public school grad James McBratney.

All ‘eyes’ for cellphone ban

Teacher Jennifer Drinkwater-Rodriguez gives the state's new UFT-backed cellphone ban a hearty endorsement.

Grateful for LODI coverage

A Manhattan teacher who has been injured on the job expresses appreciation for a recent Q&A on the Issues in the New York Teacher informing members what to do if they suffer a line of dury injury (LODI).

Praise for former student-turned-teacher

A retired New York City public school teacher responds to a New York Teacher article about one of her former students.