New York Teacher is NYSUT's statewide, official membership newspaper, published every two weeks during the school year and mailed to the homes of all NYSUT members. The paper is a perennial winner in the contests of the International Labor Communications Association.

With a press run of more than 500,000, it is the nation's largest-circulation biweekly in the field of public education. Each edition explores issues of concern to NYSUT members. The newspaper includes columns and features on professional development, legislation, School-Related Professional issues, higher education, health, legal news, member benefits, letters and NYSUT policies.

For information, contact editor Lance Howland, c/o New York Teacher, 800 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, New York, 12110-2455, (800) 342-9810 or (518) 213-6000; e-mail is nyteach@nysutmail.org. Please include your name and address.

Editor-in-Chief: Deborah Hormell Ward

Editor: Lance Howland

Assistant Editors: Clarisse Butler Banks, Liza Frenette, Kevin Hart, Sharon Lougheed, Betsy Sandberg, Sylvia Saunders, John Strachan

Opinion Page Editor: Frank Maurizio

Art and Production: Cynthia DeMichele, Dana Fournier, Mark Joseph Sharer

Advertising: Sheryl Allen

Editorial Support: Julie Ann Bull, Lori DiVeglia,

Ellen Haskell, Julie Malec, Alyce Petrecki

Contributors: Kara E. Smith, Dean Waters, Andrew Watson

New York Teacher is a member publication of the AFT Communications Network, the International Labor Communications Association, and the Metro Labor Press Council. Editorial and Production Department Albany telephone numbers are (518) 213-6000 and (800) 342-9810 (toll free); New York City office: 52 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10004, (212) 777-7500. Advertising inquiries: (800) 448-4ADS (Albany).

Annual subscription $12. (Subscription cost is included in members' dues.)