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Non-Profit Awards 2 New York City Teachers $20K

Patch.com reporter Sydney Pereira spoke with the 2019 MƒA Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education winners, MƒA Master Teachers Gary Rubinstein and Lynn Shon, about the recent honor and th

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Brooklyn and Manhattan Teachers Named Winners of MƒA Muller Award; Each Awarded $20,000

The MƒA Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education is given to two New York City public school teachers who, during their tenure as an MƒA Master Teacher, have influenced the teaching profes

Teacher Voices

Insights from Academic Research

Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching

Workshop Spotlight

MƒA Thursday Thinks: The Story Collider 2019

From uplifting to heartbreaking, these intimate stories delivered powerful messages that made listeners laugh, cry, and feel inspired. 

Teacher Voices

Look Like Me

People who look like me have and will continue to break down barriers and challenge long-held assumptions of what a “chemist” looks like.

Workshop Spotlight

Doing and Implementing Rich Math Tasks in Algebra

Teachers often rely on memory to analyze their students’ comprehension of a new lesson after it is introduced, but what if there was a way to further investigate learning, specifically students’ mathe

In the News

The Crisis in American Education

In a guest blog post for the American Mathematical Society, MƒA President John Ewing says “poppycock!” to those who push the notion that American education is in a crisis.

In the News

Getting Cheesy: Microbial Analysis of Cheese

PIX 11 New York visited the MƒA course “Getting Cheesy: Microbial Analysis of Cheese” at Murray’s Cheese Long Island City Distribution Center.

Workshop Spotlight

MƒA Thursday Thinks: Giant Geometric Cardboard Constructions

Dr. George Hart led over 100 MƒA teachers in 10 different hands-on activities, where they worked together to construct aesthetically impactful geometric objects out of cardboard sheets.

Teacher Voices

Insights from Academic Research

Characterizing the van Hiele Levels of Development in Geometry