Let's show the strength of unions in New York City by marching with your fellow UFT members on Saturday, Sept. 6. Stephanie Edwards inspires curiosity in her social studies students by drawing on her ...

Please join your fellow retirees for a family-style meal and drinks at the UFTWF Retiree Programs’ Nassau Section's "Not Back to School" Luncheon. Everyone will enjoy a cold antipasto platter, Caesar ...

BERS and TRS have similar but not identical pension plans, so you may be required to make additional contributions when transferring to TRS.

deep inside the darkest moment there is a sudden burst of light movement that illuminates ignorance beyond disbelief at the same time the sky breaks its promise to heaven and falls the black sun tries ...

It was a clear morning of possibilities, a primary election day. The day itself was one of those brilliant pre-autumnal gifts that late summer offers in the weeks following Labor Day, meant to make ...

I have been a teacher for only six years, but 9/11 was pivotal in making me one. I was nine months pregnant. I was working at an insurance company, and on that day, I decided I had to do something ...

Parents were running into the building, crying, demanding to get their children. We had to quickly organize ourselves, calm the parents, try not to alarm the children and release children to parents ...

My sister-in-law Susan Ann Ruggiero died in the towers on 9/11 (96th fl). I went to look for her on 9/12. My family and hers never cried so much or so hard. We expected to sort through injured victims ...

As a teacher of English as a second language, I listened as teenagers asked questions about the tragedy as it unfolded before them — and I struggled to provide them with answers. This is my story.

September 11, 2001 marked my third day of teaching in a public school. In the beginning days of school, there were many announcements being made over the intercom reminding teachers to begin their ...

The fear on the children's faces, the concern etched on the teachers' faces. All day long we heard the sound of sirens, fire engines, patrol cars and ambulances, along with the announcements over the ...

We made it a class project to do "something" that would help. I allowed the class to discuss ideas with each other, and find a way that we could raise money for the families of firefighters who had ...