April newsletter is out 👀 Pop culture ideas, what I’m reading + watching, and a few things I can’t stop thinking about. Sign up on my site if you want the next one. www.brooke-powers.com

Students compliant but not really engaged? Tonight 6 PM ET we’re breaking down 5 classroom structures that actually build thinking, collaboration, and real outcomes. Not more strategies. Better structures. Join us 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Pop culture meets math leadership. Ted Lasso. Abbott Elementary. Taylor Swift. Join me at CMC Central for Leading Boldly: Lessons in Coaching, Culture, and Courage from Pop Culture Icons. Sat 3/14 1:10–2:20 PM Mechanics Bank Tap Room @cmccentral.bsky.social

March speaking schedule 📍 March 10 KCM Conference | Lexington, KY March 14 CMC Central | Bakersfield, CA March 25 NCSM Virtual Coaching Lab Hope to see some of you along the way!

100th Day of School idea for Pre K: Stop chanting 100. Start building it. We: • Built 10 towers of 10 cubes • Stacked 100 cups • Did 10 moves × 10 • Made snack mix with 10 groups of 10 Real number sense > cute worksheets. Full blog here: www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/100... #ElemMathChat

Well this was too fun! Back to watching the Olympics for me but thank you so much for joining and helping me think about asking better questions! #ElemMathChat

#ElemMathChat Q3 What is one question you ask regularly that consistently surfaces student thinking? Drop the exact wording.

#elemmathchat Warm-Up A student says: “I know 25 × 16 without using the standard algorithm.” Reminder: Be sure to use #ElemMathChat in your responses and in our chat tonight so we can see your thinking! How might they be thinking?

Hello hello all! Brooke Powers here from Lexington, KY! Just got home from seeing a University of Kentucky Women's basketball win and now ready to talk #elemmathchat!

Welcome to #ElemMathChat! We are so happy you are here! Thank you @lbrookepowers.bsky.social for leading our chat tonight!

Join #ElemMathChat TONIGHT at 8 pm CST 6 with Brooke Powers, @lbrookepowers.bsky.social, [email protected] We will explore using questioning to build community and differentiate math learning, and how purposeful questions invite student voice, surface thinking, and support every learner.

The Olympics don’t need to be a theme to matter in math class. They can be context. Elapsed time, changing quantities, score comparisons, and real moments students already care about. I shared a few classroom examples from Humanizing Mathematics PreK–5 here: www.openupresources.org/resource/whe...

Join #ElemMathChat on 2/12/26 at 8 pm CST 6 with Brooke Powers, @lbrookepowers.bsky.social, [email protected] We will explore using questioning to build community and differentiate math learning, and how purposeful questions invite student voice, surface thinking, and support every learner.

Join #ElemMathChat on 2/12/26 at 8 pm CST 6 with Brooke Powers, @lbrookepowers.bsky.social, [email protected] We will explore using questioning to build community and differentiate math learning, and how purposeful questions invite student voice, surface thinking, and support every learner.

Two weeks. Two views. Same why. Beach days at GCSM ➝ mountain views at UCTM, surrounded by educators who care deeply about kids and classrooms. Proud to represent Open Up Resources and a vision for math instruction that’s human, thoughtful, and rooted in real learning.

I’m ready to see everyone at #UCTM at 1:00 today! Ted is ready too!

Tywana Fulford & Brooke Powers will introduce us to Humanizing Mathematics, a new curriculum, and show us how it's different. www.facebook.com/math4allshow or tinyurl.com/5hdrd5zd @mollyvokey.bsky.social @heidisabnani.bsky.social #iteachmath #iteachmaths #math4all @tywanafulford @brookepowers

January is full of meaningful conversations about math, leadership, and building classrooms where curiosity and identity matter. Grateful to learn alongside educators across the country this month. #HumanizingMath #MathEd

Such a great time at #CMCNorth sharing Ted Lasso + CA Math and connecting with so many inspiring educators! 💙💛 New: I’ve added a one-page download of the session’s 5 lessons + CA Math Framework connections to my site. 👉 brooke-powers.com/resources Keep believing. ✨

December is a leadership reset. Clarity > urgency. Focus > hustle. Intention > noise. What’s one thing you’re holding onto this month?

“Being changed for good is inevitable. Being changed for the better is intentional.” My latest blog explores the lasting impact we have on students and on each other. We are changing people permanently. The question is: how? 🔗 www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/cha... #wicked #edchat #mtbos

Headed to #CMCNorth and bringing a little Ted Lasso spirit with me! ⚽️✨ Ted Lasso + CA Math: 5 Lessons for Teachers Who Believe 📅 Sat 12/6, 8–9 AM PT 📍 Hearth And yes… Ted’s cutout will be there for photos. 😄📸 See you in Pacific Grove!

Grateful for everyone who joined my #MakeMathMoments session. 💛 Your feedback was everything — the hard questions landed, the pop culture hit, and the reflection was real. If you attended, you’ve got the Reflection Deck. Here’s to more joy, more thinking, and less rescuing. ✨

🎬 What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math (and Other Hard Questions With a Little Help From Pop Culture) I’ve been working on something new 👀 Catch my session at the Make Math Moments Virtual Summit — Nov 15 • 6pm ET ✨ Free to join: summit.makemathmoments.com?sc=zFUq5dAx&... #edchat #mtbos

What a week! 💜 From Leading Boldly at NCSM to the Math Remix Live Party at NCTM — so much joy, learning, and community. Grateful for old friends, new faces, and a whole lot of math magic. 🎧📚 #NCTM2025 #NCSM2025 #MathEducation

If Abbott Elementary had a math leadership spinoff… this would be it. Join me tomorrow at NCSM for Leading Boldly: Elevating Math Instruction with Lessons Inspired by Abbott Elementary. 📅 Tuesday 12:45–1:45 📍 M-104 #NCSM2025 #AbbottElementary #MathLeadership #NCSMbold

"Every rule can be rewritten." - Kristopher Childs #NCSM2025

Conference season is here, and how you show up matters. 6 ways to make every session count: 1️⃣ New voices 2️⃣ Classroom teachers 3️⃣ Discomfort = growth 4️⃣ Hallway convos 5️⃣ Downtime to process 6️⃣ Capture what matters Full post: Showing Up with Intention www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/con...

“Every voice matters. Joy belongs at the center of learning.” 💛 Excited to share my session at #NCSM2025 Atlanta: Lessons in Belonging, Joy & Bold Leadership from Abbott Elementary 📅 Oct 14 | 12:45–1:45 📍 M-104 Come for the reflection, stay for the Abbott stickers 🖤

“Mistakes aren’t failures in math — they’re the start of learning. 🌱 When classrooms make mistakes safe, kids take risks, explain their thinking, & find joy in the process. That’s Humanizing Mathematics. #MathEducation #JoyfulLearning”

So excited to be part of the 2025 Make Math Moments Virtual Summit! ✨ I’ll be sharing “What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math?” — a session mixing tough questions + pop culture to rethink how we show up for kids in math. 📅 Nov 14–16 | 🎟️ Free & virtual | Register at linke below!:

Hispanic Heritage Month begins today. For multilingual learners, access isn’t just translation, it’s affirmation: ✨ Your language belongs here. ✨ Your culture belongs here. Belonging must be designed from the start. #HispanicHeritageMonth #EquityInEducation

📚✨ International Literacy Day reminds us that literacy is more than words. It's identity, joy, and possibility. Sharing a favorite old photo of my girls reading together 💜 #InternationalLiteracyDay #TeachingTruths

Joyful learning isn’t fluff. It’s fuel. When kids laugh, connect, & see themselves at work, they take bigger risks. They stretch. They grow. Joy isn’t after the ‘real work.’ It is the real work. How do you build joy into your practice? #JoyfulLearning #TeachingTruths

How long does it take new materials to feel in place? Research: 3–5 years. 🌱 Not failure — the reality of deep change. The key isn’t ‘fidelity.’ It’s integrity: honoring both design + local context. What’s worked (or not worked) for you? #MathEducation #CurriculumLeadership

A few weeks ago, I dropped a teaser full of silhouettes. At HIVE, Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths! came to life—and it was loud, honest, and full of heart. Still thinking about where it might go next. #HIVE2025 #PopCulture#MiniNote #TeacherTruths #OURHIVE

I don’t quite have the words yet for what HIVE meant this year, but I know it meant everything. More to come soon. For now, just holding tight to the joy of it all. In the meantime… start packing your glitter and grit, see you in VEGAS next year. 💫🎲 #OURHIVE #HIVE2025

One last #OURHIVE preview. No context. No captions. Just trust me. #HIVE2025 #StayTuned

I'm working on something special for Open Up Resources #OURHIVE. It is bold, chaotic, and completely me. Stay tuned!

Still reflecting on two incredible sessions at #LitMath2025 Abbott was standing room only — real talk, laughter and joy. My other session went deep on language, identity, and access. Catch Abbott again at HIVE and NCSM. Ted Lasso’s coming to CMC North. Let’s go.

I'd love to see you today if you are at #LitMath25! Experience some ready-to-use routines for Literacy and Math you can implement with ease!

📺✨ Lessons in Equity, Belonging, and Joyful Learning from Abbott Elementary 🗓 Tuesday, June 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM 📍 NCTE–NCTM Joint Conference | Salon 7 & 8, Lower Level We'll have a great time, and 💥 Bonus: I’ve got some seriously awesome Abbott stickers to share. #LitMath2025

📣 Chicago, get ready — I'm bringing my best Janine Teague's energy to the 2025 Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics! Come for the strategies, stay for the Barbara Howard-level wisdom (and maybe a few Janine-style jokes). 😄 See you at #LitMath2025! @nctm.org

Left Central CA with a full heart + big dreams 💙 Shared what Ted Lasso might say about the CA Math Framework (“be curious, not judgmental”) + got to see the amazing @howiehua.bsky.social + @cmmteach.bsky.social + @duanehabecker.com ! Big things ahead for our Cali!🍊✏️

What a week! Started the week at Eastern Guilford HS supporting teachers with strategies to boost discourse + engage MLLs. Ended at Charter Oak Intl Academy with Georgina Rivera—saw joyful, inquiry-based learning in action. More on that soon! ✨📚 #EdLeadership #edchat #schoolsmatter

Who in the #mtbos world can solve this? I’ve tried 4,072 roughly. Love being a mom and a math teacher 🤦🏻‍♀️

Having the best time at #NCTE24 in Boston with the most amazing #ELA team ever! My Top 3 Highlights: 🦻Hearing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speak 🤣 Laughing with Kate McKinnon during her keynote ❤️ Reflecting on Love and Pedagogy with Gholdy Muhammad and Lorena German

I am beyond excited to be headed to my first #NCTE conference! If you’re there I’d love to say hi!

I have sooo many concerns about this question on my 8th grade child’s math homework 🤦🏻‍♀️ I get what they were trying to do but….going through the origin alone doesn’t make something proportional and other relationships also pass through the origin. Afraid this will just perpetuate misconceptions.

Me as a middle school teacher: “why can’t these parents get their kids to do their work” Me as a middle school parent: “how do these teachers expect me to get my kids to do this work” 🤦🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️😭 #mtbos #mathchat #parenting