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Aida Rosenbaum: This is Nothing Like My Classroom

September 20, 2019

In Aida Rosenbaum’s first month as a high-school science teacher, a fight breaks out between her students.

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In Science Education Tags Aida Rosenbaum, Math for America, teacher, inequality, Black in STEM, education, Season 9

Alvin Irby: Accidents Happen

September 20, 2019

When his students keep having “accidents" during nap time, kindergarten teacher Alvin Irby investigates.

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In Psychology Tags Alvin Irby, comedy, teacher, education, psychology, Season 9

Nakeysha Roberts Washington: Our Deal

July 12, 2019

After finding out her mother has breast cancer, high school teacher Nakeysha Roberts Washington gets hit with the news that one of her students has a brain tumor.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Nakeysha Roberts Washington, brain tumor, teacher, Season 9, Story Collider producer

Kitty Yang: My First Math Teacher

March 8, 2019

Inspired by her grandfather, Kitty Yang becomes a math teacher, but soon realizes she misses being a student.

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In Mathematics, Science Education Tags Kitty Yang, teacher, school, math, grandparents, Season 9, mentor

Brittany Beck: Completely and Totally Faking It

March 8, 2019

In the middle of a school day, science teacher Brittany Beck passes out in her classroom, leading her to reflect on what got her here.

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In Science Education, Psychology Tags Brittany Beck, teacher, anxiety, mental health, Math for America, Season 9, family

John Redden: More Therapist Than a Professor

March 1, 2019

As a brand-new professor of physiology, John Redden is eager to help students, but soon realizes it’s more complicated than he thought.

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In Science Education Tags John Redden, teacher, mentor, physiology, UCONN, mental health, Season 9

Matt Baker: The Worst Lesson of My Life

August 17, 2018

As a first-year math teacher, Matt Baker feels overwhelmed -- especially when his principal is less than supportive.

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In Mathematics, Science Education Tags Matt Baker, Math for America, math, education, teacher

Patrick Honner: A Party at the Edge of Human Knowledge

July 27, 2018

Patrick Honner starts to doubt his lifelong love of math when graduate school becomes a lonely experience.

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Tags teacher, Math for America, math, Patrick Honner

Sage Forbes-Gray: Becoming a Meaningful Ally

June 29, 2018

After a confrontation with a student, math teacher Sage Forbes-Gray begins to question whether she's the ally she thought she was.

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Tags Sage Forbes-Gray, education, teacher, Math for America, math, diversity

John Dimandja: The First Day Of Class

July 31, 2015

Professor John Dimandja is confused when his class begins snickering on the first day -- until he realizes it's because they weren't expecting him to be black.

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Tags John Dimandja, education, teacher, racism, diversity in STEM, season 5

Nisse Greenberg: What's In A Name

October 17, 2014

While teaching a math class, Nisse Greenberg is troubled by his student's name, and his own.

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Tags Nisse Greenberg, season 4, Story Collider producer, math, education, teacher

Eugene Lim: Colliding Universes

July 24, 2014

Cosmologist Eugene Lim is pulled into another world when he goes to help teach after the earthquake in Haiti.

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Tags Eugene Lim, season 4, cosmology, teacher, earthquake, Haiti

Marjorie Winther: Lighting A Fire

May 27, 2014

As a science teacher, Marjorie Winther has both entertaining and troubling times with her students, but when she brings them to the South she discovers a whole new side of them.

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Tags Marjorie Winther, season 4, teacher, racism

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