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Having students participate in active learning is a key focus for teachers, but sometimes, teachers can feel “stuck” in sequential, unit by unit teaching of science curriculum, leading to disengaged s

What are the ingredients to a successful learning environment? If you ask this question to any teacher, would answers vary?

My motivations for writing a research blog post are twofold. First, I fundamentally believe that research should not be secretive; it should not exist in the shadows only to surface through annual rep

Scientific American reporter Amanda Baker took an interest in the MƒA Summer Think, our second annual teacher-organized conference held in July. A conference “of teachers, by teachers, and on behalf o

MƒA Executive Director Megan Roberts and MƒA Master Teacher Ashraya Gupta joined host Jennifer Gonzalez on the popular K-12 education podcast “Cult of Pedagogy” to talk about how MƒA serves as a model

Over the course of three days at the MƒA Summer Think, teachers had the chance to reflect on their practice and collaboratively learn how to improve their teaching and understanding of students.

MƒA teamed up with The Story Collider, a nonprofit organization dedicated to true, personal stories about science, to host an MƒA Thursday Thinks event featuring an evening of storytelling. In front o

A key element to teaching is relationship building, and the spring 2018 MƒA mini-course “Building (and Re-Building) Authentic and Equitable Relationships with Students” aimed to explore ways for MƒA t

Genes in Space named a team of Minnesota high school students the winners of the 2018 contest.

Chalkbeat NY Reporter Alex Zimmerman profiles MƒA Master Teacher and 2018 MƒA Muller Award Winner Seth Guiñals-Kupperman in the latest “How I Teach” series.