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
Press Releases
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.
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