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In the News

“I’m Just Not a Math Person”

This past summer, journalist Mareesa Nicosia explored what math teachers are doing to improve math education and how math can be made appealing to students of all ability levels.

Press Releases

Genes in Space Winning High School Team Announced

The team’s experiment will investigate how microgravity influences the function of the nervous system.

Workshop Spotlight

2019 Summer Think

This year’s conference lent ways for teachers to explore old and new ideas on pedagogy and content, so that when they return to their classrooms, they can ignite curiosity in students without burning 

Workshop Spotlight

Get in the Flow with Groundwater Modeling

In the MƒA Professional Learning Team, “Get in the Flow of Groundwater Modeling,” MƒA teachers tested the functionality of four groundwater models and used them to create lesson plans and NGSS aligned

Press Releases

Math for America Teachers to Be Focus of Highly Selective, $1.7M National Science Foundation Grant

MƒA's innovative video library, which features MƒA teachers implementing high-quality mathematics lesson plans in their classrooms, will be the focus of a highly-selective Discovery Research prek-12 (

Teacher Voices

Creating Stability in a Transient Space

For nearly eleven years, I have been a mathematics teacher in a Juvenile Detention Center for the New York City Department of Education. I’m responsible for educating teenagers who have been arrested

Workshop Spotlight

Frankenfoods: The Genetic Modification of our Food Supply

MƒA teachers learned about the science behind GMOs, testing various foods to determine if they contained genetically modified ingredients while weighing the pros and cons of genetically modifying our

In the News

NY1: Across the Boroughs - MƒA Muller Award

The MƒA Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education was featured on Spectrum News NY1 this week.

Press Releases

2019 End of Year Celebration and Muller Award Ceremony

More than 200 MƒA teachers and guests attended the MƒA End of Year Celebration and MƒA Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education Ceremony on June 5, 2019.

In the News

Top of Her Class: Teacher Nabs $20,000 Prize for Influence

The Park Slope middle school teacher netted a $20,000 prize for her exceptional influence not only on her school and students, but on the teaching profession at large.