The Path to Top STEM Careers for Black Men Starts in K–12 Classrooms
A lack of representation of Black men as math teachers also signals to Black students that careers in science, technology, engineering, and math—STEM—are also not for them.
Artemus Werts
Principal In Residence, Foundation Academies
Why It's Important to Break Computer Science Stereotypes
Ruth Mesfun (Charlotte ’12) discusses harmful stereotypes in computer science and why we need to break them in order to get students interested in tech careers.
Ruth Mesfun
STEMming the Gender Gap
Many girls are never exposed to a role model who looks like them in STEM. These Teach For America alumni are encouraging girls to pursue STEM careers in innovative ways.
Jessica Fregni
Writer-Editor, One Day
The Chemistry of Coaching
Learn how Laura McKelvey acts as a coach both for her baseball team and her chemistry students.
The TFA Editorial Team
What It Takes to Launch a Robotics Team in a Rural Community
Liddy Renner (Idaho '18) helped students at Homedale High School to set up the school's first robotics team.
Liddy Renner
Marisa Byrnes
It’s Never Too Late for Teachers to Learn How to Code
Teachers who learn to code can help bring diversity to the field of computer science and advocate for equitable access to K-12 computer science education.
How to Magically Teach Math
Jimmy Ichihana shows us how to bring magic to a math lesson with a trick that will have students crunching the numbers and showing off to friends and family. Learn how it's done.
Jimmy Ichihana
Local Alumna Wins PBS Digital Innovators Award
Andrea Woods (Phoenix, ’09) is a recent recipient of the 2017 PBS Digital Innovators Award representing the state of Missouri for her integration of technology in the classroom.