Following are photos from just a few of the many succcess stories in New York public education, as featured in the Oct. 4, 2007 edition of New York Teacher.

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BUFFALO

Kathy Page and her third-grade class celebrate positive student behavior at School 19, Native American Magnet school in Buffalo, with certificates provided by the Buffalo Teachers Federation. The union has distributed more than 50,000 of the certificates.

Paula Prince, a ninth-grade teacher at McKinley HS,, gives Michael Vasquez, 16, a "Buffalo's Best" certificate for good behavior.

PITTSFORD

Counselor Sue Gager and students at Allen Street Elementary in Pittsford.

Pittsford TA member Eileen Reigle-Meuse welcomes students on to her bus.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Smurti Patel teaches math at Suffolk Community College, where enrollments are increasing.

NEW YORK CITY

Tenzin Kalden receives good wishes from Lia Galeano and Edward Maunzer, his college counselors at Martin Luther King Jr. Arts and Technical High. The two pushed the Tibetan immigrant to pursue a college scholarship, which he got from the United Federation of Teachers to study medicine this fall.

CITY UNIVERSITY

Maria Cornelio puts to work her life's experiences, running a translation and interpretation program at Hunter College, one of the more than 1,400 academic programs throughout the City University.

WAPPINGERS FALLS

Donna Starr teaches math at Van Wyck Junior High in Wappingers Falls, a district of first-rate schools with high-quality teachers and support staff.

Photo Credits

• Pittsford: Dennis Stierer
• Buffalo: Albert  T. McCracken Jr
• Suffolk: Kevin Peterman
• New York City: Miller Photography
• City University: Gary Schoichet
• Wappingers Falls: Maria R. Bastone