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?

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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

Worksheets become “high quality” when the district pays for them. And I agree that calling mediocre curricula “high-quality” subtly shifts the burden onto teachers. If the curriculum fails, it’s the teachers who didn’t implement them properly and must be trained. Never the curriculum’s fault.

Through a kind of transubstantiation, where curriculum becomes "guaranteed and viable", worksheets become "High Quality Instructional Materials", and the failure to learn only exists in the child: Try harder! Pay attention! This high quality worksheet is guaranteed! (by whom??)

Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Here is a true story that just happened to me that will be *most* appreciated by any Math Twitter escapees who are here. #ITeachMath #mtbos

Students who take AP Statistics are 3x more likely to be able to tell the difference between correlation and causation.

Pics from our first session for our @mathforamerica.bluesky.social course on influencing STEM Education, which I’m co-facilitating with Larisa Bukalov. We’re excited to help an amazing group of Math for America educators have a greater impact on STEM education! #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Meanwhile, on the bird site, the self-proclaimed classroom experts with no actual classroom experience still crow about the “Mississippi miracle”. 🤦🏻

Miracles are for Sundays. Monday through Friday, improving public schools requires 1% solutions, sweat, and shoe leather. Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.

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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem

On a cold autumn night, nothing like white bean and pumpkin soup to warm you up! White beans, diced pumpkin, carrots, celery, minced ginger, coconut milk, curry paste, cumin, salt. Long beans and broccoli as side dishes. Recipe: cookeatlivelove.com/healthy-pump... #MTBoSCooks

I loved connecting with amazing math educators at the @mathforamerica.bsky.social Fall Function yesterday! Shoutouts to @thejosevilson.com, Amy Lee, Michael Archetti, Shari Eng, David Jeon, Julianne Bridge-Joseph, Scott Schwartz, Zuobin Tang, Ihn Lee, Gary Rubinstein) #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Glad to present (on equity tasks and identity questions) AND run into @thejosevilson.com giving the opening address at AMTNYS 2025! #amtnys #MTBoS #ITeachMath

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Watching these NYC election results and…wow.

After weeks of long discussinos, my colleague Larisa Bukalov and I finally submitted our proposals for @nctm.org 2026! We are really excited at the conference themes and came up with an interesting idea for a session. Hopefully you'll hear more about it next year! #NCTMDEN26

Whether it's Staten Island Republicans screaming racist epithets at Zohran Mamdani or Manhattan Democrats bringing up Andrew Cuomo's history of sexual harassment and nursing home deaths, both sides have pushed the boundaries of civil political discourse.

NYC GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa drives slowly through Bayside with cars of supporters honking their horns. Note that many cars HAD LICENSE PLATES COVERED WITH TAPE. NYPD officers also provided a police escort and blocked traffic so the caravan could proceed.

So many good connections come from attending conferences like @nctm.org. Loved being with a community of math people like Lawrence Yu, Zi Chen, Zuobin Tang, Amy Hogan, and Ralph Pantozzi! #NCTMAtl25 #MTBoS