Bobson Wong
@bobsonwong.com
NYC HS Math Teacher; Speaker; Author, "The Math Teacher's Toolbox," "Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide (3rd ed.)"; 2022 MfA Muller Award Winner; Aspiring cook and fiction writer. All opinions my own. bobsonwong.com #MfAProud #MTBoS #miseducAsian
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Bobson Wong
@bobsonwong.com
· Apr 17
Episode 12: Teaching, Community, and Change with Bobson Wong
What does it mean to build authentic, sustaining communities as a math educator—and why is it so hard to find those spaces? In this episode, we talk with Bobson Wong, a high school math teacher, local...
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In the latest @todos-math.bsky.social podcast, I talked with @professorteds.bsky.social and Shari Kaku on how community has played a central role in my growth as an Asian American math educator. #MTBoS #ITeachMath www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tod...
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
The US economy is becoming more "k-shaped" as affluent consumers continue to spend and lower-income Americans cut back. Here's what to know (from November)
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
COVID also exposed a lot of inequity in education….
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Remember when the COVID economy was K-shaped? COVID made bare some truths which are that wealth inequality is here to stay
The US economy is becoming more "k-shaped" as affluent consumers continue to spend and lower-income Americans cut back. Here's what to know (from November)
How the K-Shaped Economy Is Hurting Everyone But the Rich
Talk of the K-shaped economy is brewing once again. The moniker first gained traction in 2020 to describe the divergence between how rich and poor Americans were experiencing the pandemic recovery. Now, with consumption increasingly concentrated in the top echelons of wage earners, economists are concerned that the US economy finds itself in a top-heavy, unstable state.
bloom.bg
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Remember when the COVID economy was K-shaped? COVID made bare some truths which are that wealth inequality is here to stay
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Was Eric Adams ready for the job? Absolutely not.
Were there multiple pieces asking that question leading up to Jan 1, 2022? Also no.
Were there multiple pieces asking that question leading up to Jan 1, 2022? Also no.
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Was Eric Adams ready for the job? Absolutely not.
Were there multiple pieces asking that question leading up to Jan 1, 2022? Also no.
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
NYC teachers rave about smaller classes but struggle to find enough space
NYC educators say having smaller classes is “amazing,” but finding the space and funding to reach 100% compliance remains a giant puzzle.
www.chalkbeat.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A more balanced article from Chalkbeat on the class size law in NYC: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025... #MTBoS #ITeachMath #EduSky
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still thinking about this
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
still thinking about this
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[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
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
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
[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
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
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💯 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
I would go even farther and say that our educational system is designed to keep teachers so busy that we can't write curricula or do anything outside of their classroom. Teachers are seen as caregivers, not educators. #MTBoS #ITeachMath
December 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
💯 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
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increasingly so, and seeing teachers this way is an explicit focus of some loud voices in ed tech
I would go even farther and say that our educational system is designed to keep teachers so busy that we can't write curricula or do anything outside of their classroom. Teachers are seen as caregivers, not educators. #MTBoS #ITeachMath
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
increasingly so, and seeing teachers this way is an explicit focus of some loud voices in ed tech
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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.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
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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.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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.
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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.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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.
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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.
They don't believe teachers, students + communities can produce "HQIM" because they don't trust or believe in teachers, students + communities.
I don't think HQIM is the answer.
You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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.
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
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Bad math #MTBoS #ITeachMath
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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
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
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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
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??)
(by whom??)
And there seems to be no responsiveness other than "He needs to do X" to keep up. When you center students in relation to the march of the pacing guide, it's inevitable that spiky profiled students fall behind. After all, it's a race: better learn to keep up.
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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.
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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??)
(by whom??)
And there seems to be no responsiveness other than "He needs to do X" to keep up. When you center students in relation to the march of the pacing guide, it's inevitable that spiky profiled students fall behind. After all, it's a race: better learn to keep up.
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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??)
(by whom??)
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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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
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
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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
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
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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
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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
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Students who take AP Statistics are 3x more likely to be able to tell the difference between correlation and causation.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Meanwhile, on the bird site, the self-proclaimed classroom experts with no actual classroom experience still crow about the “Mississippi miracle”. 🤦🏻
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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.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
😂😂😂
Zohran Mamdani didn’t add people and groups that actively campaigned against him to his transition team, and the New York Post is ON IT
nypost.com/2025/11/26/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/26/u...
NYC charter schools snubbed by Zohran Mamdani transition team as special interests gobble up posts
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shuts out representation from the publicly-funded charter school sector as well as groups that support merit-based education — such as gifted and talented programs …
nypost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
😂😂😂
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem