Equating “academic learning” with test scores is something no classroom teacher would do. #MTBoS #ITeachMath #EduSky

I'm pleasantly surprised to see the #NCTMDEN26 preliminary program posted so early! It makes planning (and justifying going to it) so much easier. Thanks @nctm.org! (But the link to the Friday sessions on the website doesn't work!) #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Talk about mission creep. The leviathan College Board is now trying to worm its way into MIDDLE SCHOOL by providing an Algebra I. Pretty soon you’ll see the College Board preparing elementary school material. Will the CB produce a pregnancy guidebook? Only time will tell. 🙄 #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Trickle-down in full display: let the ultra-rich get fat while everyone scrapes by on the crumbs falling off their table: “He believes everyone eventually benefits from the wealthy. ‘They pay taxes — a lot more than I do,’ he said. ‘The reason I’m working is that someone has a billion dollars.’”

Hmm, its an interesting topic: open.substack.com/pub/theworld...

I'm pleased to discover just now that both of our proposals for #NCTMDEN26 got accepted! Thanks to Dr. Kristopher J. Childs and the rest of the @nctm.org program committee for their hard work! Hope to see you in Denver in October. #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Unfortunately, this article fails to address a major roadblock to test retakes: creating another test often takes a lot of time, especially for math, unless the problems are all routine (which they shouldn’t be). I can’t easily make up another authentic word problem from scratch. #MTBoS #ITeachMath

there is no reward or recognition offered at the high school level for trying to stay engaged with your academic field at all. it's a damn shame. Lots of talented folks say "that's because teaching kids is the job, not being a subject matter expert." Hard at times to do one well without the other!

schools should nurture active thinkers

Congratulations to our newly elected Board members! The newly elected Board members will begin their terms at the conclusion of the NCTM 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition in October: nctm.link/elections

The prospect of Staten Island secession caused a meltdown at the New Yorker’s vaunted copyediting and fact-checking departments Yonkers is not predominantly white, period, and these days you don’t need all of the fingers on one hand to count the percentage of white working-class people

Want to Retain Teachers? Ask the Right Questions Before Hiring Them www.edweek.org/leadership/o... is new @edweek.org post with @bobsonwong.com and others

Give me time and manageable class sizes, and my students will achieve the goals I and they have AND be deemed proficient on all the tests.

Tonight I heard the amazing Dr. Sara Rezvi speak at Math for America. Loved hearing her talk about the contributions of Islamic mathematicians, with examples from al-Khwarizmi to Miryim Mirzhakani. We used Desmos to look at Omar Khayyam’s solutions to cubic equations. 😃 #MTBoS #IteachMath #MfAProud

today at the World Metaphors Classic the leader of the USA didn't bother to find out the details of the situation his team was in and blindly assumed they would win a matchup they ended up losing, jeopardizing their long-term standing for no good reason

What do you notice? What do you wonder? (Look carefully.)

I’m on the advisory council of MoMath. I’ve heard talk about this move for years. It’s nice to see it finally happen! #MTBoS #ITeachMath www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/s...

I saw this in NYC the day after Lunar New Year and it was awesome. Definitely worth seeing in a big screen!

BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS! Martial arts choreographer/director Yuen Woo-ping kicks off Lunar New Year with a splashy action fantasy featuring a ton of stars like Wu Jing, Tony Leung Ka Fai, and even Jet Li (briefly). Any good? Oh yeah. More @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blad...

One of the most insane things about ed-reform is that a very small collection of people are able to be wrong again and again and again with zero repercussions. In fact, every failure is a chance for them to come up with a new solution and write/sell a book about it.

This article has several issues worth deconstructing. The first sentence (linking school spending to number of instructional days) sets the tone for the article - throwing out a laundry list of factors related to student learning without connecting anything. 1/

The next time a self-proclaimed education-pundit crows about the “Southern surge,” I’ll think of @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social’s article. Trying to raise test scores while bullying teachers and students into poverty and submission is the real legacy. #MTBoS #ITeachMath #EduChat

I mean, why even have teachers at that point. They're just an arm of the company to ensure the curriculum is followed with FIDELITY. You wouldn't want to be unfaithful to the curriculum, would you?

#edusky #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Hi #EduSky #MTBoS teachers. Does anyone still use a grading app that is NOT online and doesn't require a subscription? I'm willing to pay once but not in perpetuity. I want permanent access to my grades w/o a subscription.

A “how to guide” to education rhetoric: 🧵 1. Mythologize a “lost,” better, “traditional”past. 2. Appeal to emotion. 3. Blame a group for the downfall & current problems. 4. Exaggerate selective information. 5. Spread mistrust of (some) experts. 6. Declare a crisis.

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In 2025, I listened to 46 audiobooks written by Asians. Here are my top 20 from the past year – a mix of cozy mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, young adult drama, and romance (titles and authors in the alt text for the image)

If only we had a president who would do the same…

COVID also exposed a lot of inequity in education….

Remember when the COVID economy was K-shaped? COVID made bare some truths which are that wealth inequality is here to stay

Was Eric Adams ready for the job? Absolutely not. Were there multiple pieces asking that question leading up to Jan 1, 2022? Also no.

A more balanced article from Chalkbeat on the class size law in NYC: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025... #MTBoS #ITeachMath #EduSky

[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/12/math... links and help from @fawnnguyen.substack.com @desmos.com @howiehua.bsky.social @bobsonwong.com and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

💯 there is without question a way to do this work that would elevate the voices of teachers in not just curricular design but broader decision making and the vast, vast majority of the time we choose another way and that choice says all we need to know

Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.

Teachers are itching to be creative. We need time. That’s literally it, and admins would rather spend money to buy something prepackaged than think creatively about time and how to use it to develop expertise.

Remember when we had teachers who were *each* capable of creating “high-quality instructional materials”? Maybe we should ask the ones who are left how to create the conditions that allow for that kind of creativity.

One of the things that happened is that reformers + their allies shifted "HQIM" to include only materials produced by a corporate vendor. They don't believe teachers, students + communities can produce "HQIM" because they don't trust or believe in teachers, students + communities.

Bad math #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Math education is complex. It can’t be reduced to single studies or one-size-fits-all claims. NCSM’s new position paper offers a balanced, equity-centered, research-informed alternative—one that honors the real nuance of teaching + learning. Read more → mathedleadership.org/position-papers