“Black Male Teacher Is Helping Young Men See Themselves as Scientists and Leaders”

Brooklyn science teacher Sean McFadden, who teaches at Eagle Academy for Young Men II, was recently recognized with the 2026 Julian Robertson Award for Excellence in Teaching. Beyond his classroom, he co-chairs New York City’s Climate Education Leadership Team and helps develop climate-education resources used across the city. McFadden, who teaches predominantly Black boys, says he never had a Black male teacher himself in K–12 and wants to provide the representation he lacked growing up.

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