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MƒA is on Science Friday! We’re thrilled to announce that MƒA is the newest contributor to Science Friday’s educational resources initiative, which provides teachers with STEM activities and lesson pl

String figures have been and continue to be common tools for exploring concepts within the math classroom. In “Mathematical Ideas in Curve Stitching and String Art,” an MƒA mini-course held this past

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.