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Para career ladder

As a paraprofessional interested in an education career, the UFT’s Career Training Program helped me obtain a DOE voucher to earn my bachelor’s in early childhood education and psychology

Library named for teacher

Naming the library after a teacher is a beautiful tribute to a truly wonderful lady.

Phonics sound-off

It’s good to read that teachers are once again allowed to teach phonics, so their young students have tools to build decoding and spelling skills.

Spring break opinions

Is vacation days for lost vacation days fair?

Honor is due

For the last 22 months, the medical personnel and first responders of our city have answered the call to help people in need.

Food waste and pollution

Every day, hundreds of thousands of plastic-wrapped breakfasts are given out to New York City schoolchildren, many of whom eat breakfast at home. Teachers say, “You don’t have to eat it but take it anyway.” At the end of breakfast time, teachers tie...

Banned books

The news that some schools are banning the novels of Toni Morrison is cause for alarm. The notion of protecting impressionable students from the uncertainties of the world and the potential for dark human impulses must be dispelled.

NYC Medicare Advantage Plus

Thank you to Tom Murphy for the very necessary, very illuminating “From the Chapter Leader” column in the Oct. 28 issue about the new NYC Medicare Advantage Plus plan

Remembering the 1960 UFT strike

Thinking back to the early days of the union, all I have to say is God bless Al Shanker. He is responsible for getting us all the things that we have!

Observations are a waste

These observations are too much pressure and mostly a waste of time for teachers and administrators alike