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MƒA Master Teacher and 2025 Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education winner Lauren Brady was featured in a Chalkbeat New York “How I Teach” profile where she discusses how small group instruction transformed her East Harlem high school math program.
Park East High School was deemed a “School In Need of Improvement” on a state list and in danger of closing when Lauren Brady started teaching math there 20 years ago.
Among the reasons the state flagged the school: its abysmal math Regents scores.
Brady accepted the challenge, eyes wide open, and immediately dug into the data.
Brady suggested trying something different — small group instruction for students at risk of failing. She piloted the program, refining it over time. Those efforts resulted in a 100% passing rate.
Two decades later, Brady’s approach continues to produce strong results, and Park East High School, in Manhattan’s East Harlem, is no longer threatened with closure. Brady, who teaches small group instruction for ninth grade algebra as well as 12th grade statistics, was recently recognized by Math for America with the prestigious Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education, which comes with $20,000 in prize money for the winning teacher and $5,000 for their school.