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How to Teach Science with Sugar and Cream

When 100+ MƒA teachers gathered for the first annual MƒA Summer Think this past July, reporter and writer for the New Yorker Siobhan Roberts joined them for a variety of teacher-designed, teach-led wo

Teacher Voices

Make Them, Not Break Them: Helping New Teachers to Succeed

After a full day of teaching, I used to eat meals on the train to get to my graduate classes on time. I lost three pants sizes between 2007 and 2008 because I wheeled a laptop cart around a massive sc

In the News

The Next Generation of Science Education Means More Doing

The Hechinger Report recently visited MƒA Master Teacher Vielca Anglin’s classroom, highlighting her teaching of the Next Generation Science Standards in a new feature story.

In the News

How Math for America is Boosting STEM in Schools

A new feature story about MƒA in The 74 highlights our commitment to and impact on NYC public school teachers.

Workshop Spotlight

Early Career Cohort Meetings

A hallmark of the MƒA Early Career Fellowship is the series of cohort meetings teachers participate in during the first year of the fellowship. The fellowship follows a trajectory designed to offer Mƒ

Press Releases

MƒA Provides $15M to 1,000+ NYC Teachers in 2017

Nonprofit invests more than $225 million in public school STEM education over 10 years.

In the News

Teaching as a True Profession

MƒA President John Ewing and MƒA Executive Director Megan Roberts joined hosts Dale Basler and Brian Bartel on the latest episode of Lab Out Loud, a science focused biweekly podcast.

In the News

Summing Up The Skyscraper Problem

MƒA is on Science Friday! We’re thrilled to announce that MƒA is the newest contributor to Science Friday’s educational resources initiative, which provides teachers with STEM activities and lesson pl

Workshop Spotlight

Mathematical Ideas in Curve Stitching and String Art

String figures have been and continue to be common tools for exploring concepts within the math classroom. In “Mathematical Ideas in Curve Stitching and String Art,” an MƒA mini-course held this past

In the News

The Usefulness of Useless Education

In his piece “The Usefulness of Useless Education,” MƒA President John Ewing breaks down how industry and government are increasingly focused on practical research, meant to produce immediate benefits