Nolan Fossum (he/him)
@nolanfossum.bsky.social
9–12 Math Teacher. Doc student. Disruptor. #Ungrading. Every student is brilliant 💯💯
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Familia! Join us for the FIRST ever TODOS Bluesky #slowchat this Sunday, August 10th for some good conversation on #BacktoSchool. Prompts will be released for an hour starting at noon PST, but feel free to respond throughout the day!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
August 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Familia! Join us for the FIRST ever TODOS Bluesky #slowchat this Sunday, August 10th for some good conversation on #BacktoSchool. Prompts will be released for an hour starting at noon PST, but feel free to respond throughout the day!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
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i am doing my best to continue broadcasting what i apply for BEFORE the deadlines (might hurt my own chances but "a rising tide"? or something) SO...
i'm currently looking at applying for the arctic educator fellowship described here:
polarsteam.info/faq/
more opps:
wwcs.padlet.org/amstutzjoshu...
i'm currently looking at applying for the arctic educator fellowship described here:
polarsteam.info/faq/
more opps:
wwcs.padlet.org/amstutzjoshu...
August 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i am doing my best to continue broadcasting what i apply for BEFORE the deadlines (might hurt my own chances but "a rising tide"? or something) SO...
i'm currently looking at applying for the arctic educator fellowship described here:
polarsteam.info/faq/
more opps:
wwcs.padlet.org/amstutzjoshu...
i'm currently looking at applying for the arctic educator fellowship described here:
polarsteam.info/faq/
more opps:
wwcs.padlet.org/amstutzjoshu...
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Earlier this year, a 17-year-old high school student named Hannah Cairo solved a 40-year-old mystery about how waves behave, surprising and exciting mathematicians. @kevinhartnett.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah...
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery | Quanta Magazine
After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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In a time of exclusion, Pedagogies of Voice is about radical love and inclusion.
Pre-order this bridge between the philosophical and the practical with code POV30 for 30% off: www.corwin.com/books/pedago...
Shane Safir @sjeducate.bsky.social @crystalmwatson.bsky.social @mbagsik.bsky.social
Pre-order this bridge between the philosophical and the practical with code POV30 for 30% off: www.corwin.com/books/pedago...
Shane Safir @sjeducate.bsky.social @crystalmwatson.bsky.social @mbagsik.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In a time of exclusion, Pedagogies of Voice is about radical love and inclusion.
Pre-order this bridge between the philosophical and the practical with code POV30 for 30% off: www.corwin.com/books/pedago...
Shane Safir @sjeducate.bsky.social @crystalmwatson.bsky.social @mbagsik.bsky.social
Pre-order this bridge between the philosophical and the practical with code POV30 for 30% off: www.corwin.com/books/pedago...
Shane Safir @sjeducate.bsky.social @crystalmwatson.bsky.social @mbagsik.bsky.social
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It’s here! It’s finally here! #BTCC25 is off to a great start. Fun people, new friends, great energy. It’s everything we’ve come to expect from a BTC conference!
@cfless.bsky.social @nolanfossum.bsky.social
@iteachthewhy.bsky.social @novakatz.bsky.social @jharker314.bsky.social
@cfless.bsky.social @nolanfossum.bsky.social
@iteachthewhy.bsky.social @novakatz.bsky.social @jharker314.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It’s here! It’s finally here! #BTCC25 is off to a great start. Fun people, new friends, great energy. It’s everything we’ve come to expect from a BTC conference!
@cfless.bsky.social @nolanfossum.bsky.social
@iteachthewhy.bsky.social @novakatz.bsky.social @jharker314.bsky.social
@cfless.bsky.social @nolanfossum.bsky.social
@iteachthewhy.bsky.social @novakatz.bsky.social @jharker314.bsky.social
Join us for the final session of this webinar series TOMORROW! Check out this amazing panel to discuss “Driving effective instructional change in your school district.”
Registration link: events.zoom.us/ev/AuBMfHVBo...
Registration link: events.zoom.us/ev/AuBMfHVBo...
From CA Framework to Thinking Math!
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June 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Join us for the final session of this webinar series TOMORROW! Check out this amazing panel to discuss “Driving effective instructional change in your school district.”
Registration link: events.zoom.us/ev/AuBMfHVBo...
Registration link: events.zoom.us/ev/AuBMfHVBo...
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A lovely read ahead of #TheGradingConference in a few weeks.
I especially loved "a bunch of quantitative legalese masquerading as pedagogy" as a turn of phrase—perhaps because it so accurately describes where I, and probably many others, started.
I especially loved "a bunch of quantitative legalese masquerading as pedagogy" as a turn of phrase—perhaps because it so accurately describes where I, and probably many others, started.
"The work of ungrading is to push back on the culture of grades and quantitative assessment that reinforces hierarchies between students and teachers, while reducing both to a set of crude (often inscrutable) data points." www.jessestommel.com/the-practice...
The Practice of Ungrading
Ungrading inspects the inequities of schooling, asks hard questions of the structures of our schools, and offers a critique of the labor conditions for teachers at all levels of education.
www.jessestommel.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A lovely read ahead of #TheGradingConference in a few weeks.
I especially loved "a bunch of quantitative legalese masquerading as pedagogy" as a turn of phrase—perhaps because it so accurately describes where I, and probably many others, started.
I especially loved "a bunch of quantitative legalese masquerading as pedagogy" as a turn of phrase—perhaps because it so accurately describes where I, and probably many others, started.
If you missed Corwin’s webinar with the authors of Pedagogy of Voice, here is the recording. This was such a healing space for me!
May 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you missed Corwin’s webinar with the authors of Pedagogy of Voice, here is the recording. This was such a healing space for me!
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Awakening Student Agency Through a Pedagogy of Voice
YouTube video by Corwin
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Our book baby has a face. 🖤🖤
Developed using the Equity Transformation Cycle introduced in the bestselling Street Data, Pedagogies of Voice from Shane Safir, @mbagsik.bsky.social, @sjeducate.bsky.social, & @crystalmwatson.bsky.social, is now available for preorder!
Use code POV30 for 30% off: www.corwin.com/books...
Use code POV30 for 30% off: www.corwin.com/books...
Pedagogies of Voice
Introducing four domains of agency–Identity, Belonging, Inquiry, and Efficacy–this book presents a framework for creating schools that aff...
www.corwin.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our book baby has a face. 🖤🖤
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Hey west coast math friends,
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hey west coast math friends,
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
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SAVE THE DATE
This will be a powerful continuation of the movement to catalyze, cultivate, & expand critical transformation in mathematics education — bringing together educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders committed to justice and equity in math for ALL.
#MathEquity
#iTeachMath
This will be a powerful continuation of the movement to catalyze, cultivate, & expand critical transformation in mathematics education — bringing together educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders committed to justice and equity in math for ALL.
#MathEquity
#iTeachMath
May 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hey west coast math friends,
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hey west coast math friends,
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
Do I know anyone in Sacramento, Chico, Redding, Eugene, or Portland?
I’m planning a solo trip up to WA in a moving van next month and I’d love to make a couple stops along the way.
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SAVE THE DATE
This will be a powerful continuation of the movement to catalyze, cultivate, & expand critical transformation in mathematics education — bringing together educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders committed to justice and equity in math for ALL.
#MathEquity
#iTeachMath
This will be a powerful continuation of the movement to catalyze, cultivate, & expand critical transformation in mathematics education — bringing together educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders committed to justice and equity in math for ALL.
#MathEquity
#iTeachMath
May 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SAVE THE DATE
This will be a powerful continuation of the movement to catalyze, cultivate, & expand critical transformation in mathematics education — bringing together educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders committed to justice and equity in math for ALL.
#MathEquity
#iTeachMath
This will be a powerful continuation of the movement to catalyze, cultivate, & expand critical transformation in mathematics education — bringing together educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders committed to justice and equity in math for ALL.
#MathEquity
#iTeachMath
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Educational research funded by the NSF is a threat to authoritarianism and plutocracy.
Our work details how to shift schools away from being sites of social reproduction to places of care, social mobility, critical citizenship, and liberation.
Our work details how to shift schools away from being sites of social reproduction to places of care, social mobility, critical citizenship, and liberation.
The latest cuts at NSF targeted education research h/t @dangaristo.bsky.social and @noamross.net hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Another DOGE attack 'absolutely pummeled' education research
Education sector accounts for 40 percent of National Science Foundation cuts
hechingerreport.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Educational research funded by the NSF is a threat to authoritarianism and plutocracy.
Our work details how to shift schools away from being sites of social reproduction to places of care, social mobility, critical citizenship, and liberation.
Our work details how to shift schools away from being sites of social reproduction to places of care, social mobility, critical citizenship, and liberation.
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May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Begins tonight!
📅 Thursdays · 5:00 – 6:15 pm PT · Starting May 1st
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May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I am so excited co-edit (with Jessica Hunt) a special issue of the Journal of Research in Mathematics Education on Strengths-Based Research at the Intersection of Mathematics and Disability. You can contact me if you have a question (rlambert@ucbs.edu) ♾️ #AcademicSky #EduSky #LearningSciences
.@nctm.org's research journal, Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, has a call for a special issue on Strengths-Based Research at the Intersection of Mathematics and Disability
If your scholarship fits this framework, please consider submitting a piece.
pubs.nctm.org/fileasset/Ne...
If your scholarship fits this framework, please consider submitting a piece.
pubs.nctm.org/fileasset/Ne...
pubs.nctm.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I am so excited co-edit (with Jessica Hunt) a special issue of the Journal of Research in Mathematics Education on Strengths-Based Research at the Intersection of Mathematics and Disability. You can contact me if you have a question (rlambert@ucbs.edu) ♾️ #AcademicSky #EduSky #LearningSciences
He literally spent more hours working for the people at this podium than most Dem Congress folks have since Jan 20
People need to realize the filibuster wasn’t meant to have a practical effect but to be a symbol and a rally point. Beating Thurmond’s record isn’t a hollow victory at all.
People keep saying Senator Booker's filibuster was meaningless and people who were moved by it are naive and gullible but I lived and organized in a south where this record stood and slavery and Jim Crow cast a long shadow and I tell you Booker taking that record means something.
April 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
He literally spent more hours working for the people at this podium than most Dem Congress folks have since Jan 20
So far, the most fun I had was saying "well, in alien math they don't have base-10 blocks. Instead, they have base-10 blocks." 🤣
As a fun Friday math activity, we are doing some Alien math. Teacher friends, I offered this slide to generate some thinking with their first task of writing the first 100 numbers. Would you say the two sentences are correct?
March 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So far, the most fun I had was saying "well, in alien math they don't have base-10 blocks. Instead, they have base-10 blocks." 🤣
As a fun Friday math activity, we are doing some Alien math. Teacher friends, I offered this slide to generate some thinking with their first task of writing the first 100 numbers. Would you say the two sentences are correct?
March 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As a fun Friday math activity, we are doing some Alien math. Teacher friends, I offered this slide to generate some thinking with their first task of writing the first 100 numbers. Would you say the two sentences are correct?
Exactly this
And, frankly, it sucks how the deficit perspective of special education "supports" are primarily intended to get kids to "fit in", to learn, perform, and behave in normative ways rather than make the system responsive to the kids they're serving.
And if I have to hear the phrase "do his work" in relation to schooling for 6yos I'm going to lose my damn mind.
See, learning isn't a problem my son has. It's the construction of school-as-work that he can't tolerate. The message for 1st graders is: school is work, and work sucks, get used to it!
See, learning isn't a problem my son has. It's the construction of school-as-work that he can't tolerate. The message for 1st graders is: school is work, and work sucks, get used to it!
March 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Exactly this