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In his piece “The Usefulness of Useless Education,” MƒA President John Ewing breaks down how industry and government are increasingly focused on practical research, meant to produce immediate benefits

Genes in Space named two winners of its third US competition. In an unprecedented tie, Sophia Chen from Washington and Elizabeth Reizis from New York will both have their experiments performed aboard

Teaching is the most complex job in the world. We shape the future. We motivate students, deal with ever-changing expectations, and tackle mounds of paperwork. Through it all, we operate within a syst

Education World explores how the MƒA model entrusts teachers with the responsibility of prioritizing and curating their own professional learning goals.

The MƒA mini-course “Modular Origami: Beauty, Precision and Inspiration” is focused on using modular origami as an inspiration for mathematical investigations. Throughout the course, MƒA teachers crea

EdTech Focus on K-12 Magazine explores MƒA’s highly competitive fellowships and the variety of personalized, teacher-led professional development offered each semester.

A new commentary piece in Education Week provides recommendations for sending more STEM majors into teaching.

Appearing in the Huffington Post, MƒA President John Ewing's latest piece “Holding Accountability Accountable” shows us some of the disastrous costs of accountability in education.

To put it kindly, my teaching career has entered its second half.  By rough estimate, that amounts to 3,000 students, or 30,000 exams graded (at the ridiculously low rate of 10 tests per year), surely

Forbes reporter Michela Tindera spoke with MƒA Founder Jim Simons prior to this past weekend’s National Math Festival in Washington, D.C.