Tracy Zager
@tracyzager.bsky.social
Math coach; supporter of teachers, students, and schools; co-author of Building Fact Fluency; author of Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had; reader, writer, editor, mom, friend.
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Free webinar next week with amazing LAUSD math teacher Janet Lee-Ortiz: Brilliant by Design: Honoring Neurodivergent Thinking as Transformative Learning
📅 February 19
⏰ 4:00–5:00 PM
🎤 Janet Lee-Ortiz & Rachel Lambert
👉 Register:
tinyurl.com/CMC-Webinars
#ITeachMath #EduSky
📅 February 19
⏰ 4:00–5:00 PM
🎤 Janet Lee-Ortiz & Rachel Lambert
👉 Register:
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#ITeachMath #EduSky
February 14, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Free webinar next week with amazing LAUSD math teacher Janet Lee-Ortiz: Brilliant by Design: Honoring Neurodivergent Thinking as Transformative Learning
📅 February 19
⏰ 4:00–5:00 PM
🎤 Janet Lee-Ortiz & Rachel Lambert
👉 Register:
tinyurl.com/CMC-Webinars
#ITeachMath #EduSky
📅 February 19
⏰ 4:00–5:00 PM
🎤 Janet Lee-Ortiz & Rachel Lambert
👉 Register:
tinyurl.com/CMC-Webinars
#ITeachMath #EduSky
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Can they repeal pi being irrational while they're at it? It would be so much more convenient if it equaled, for example, 3
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Can they repeal pi being irrational while they're at it? It would be so much more convenient if it equaled, for example, 3
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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What was once a community space, libraries have become a battleground over censorship, with librarians on the frontlines. Watch @independentlens.bsky.social
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on the PBS YouTube Channel and PBS app starting February 9. pbs.org/independentlens
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on the PBS YouTube Channel and PBS app starting February 9. pbs.org/independentlens
February 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
What was once a community space, libraries have become a battleground over censorship, with librarians on the frontlines. Watch @independentlens.bsky.social
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on the PBS YouTube Channel and PBS app starting February 9. pbs.org/independentlens
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on the PBS YouTube Channel and PBS app starting February 9. pbs.org/independentlens
I see my feckless senator, Susan Collins, standing by with her hands clasped while he insults a professional woman right in front of her.
Gnashing my teeth in rage over here.
Gnashing my teeth in rage over here.
Trump can be heard still complaining about Kaitlan Collins not smiling as reporters are ushers out of the Oval Office
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I see my feckless senator, Susan Collins, standing by with her hands clasped while he insults a professional woman right in front of her.
Gnashing my teeth in rage over here.
Gnashing my teeth in rage over here.
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Please yell at your congressional representatives to impeach Pam Bondi. I'd do it too, but my congresswoman nearly threw a punch at a guy just after calling for it herself
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Please yell at your congressional representatives to impeach Pam Bondi. I'd do it too, but my congresswoman nearly threw a punch at a guy just after calling for it herself
Color me shocked.
Rather than promoting deeper literacy skills, the phonics-based approach 'may unintentionally encourage teachers to focus on surface-level goals.' www.the74million.org/article/repo...
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Color me shocked.
#ITeachMath folks, we have got to talk about this!!!
@carloliver.bsky.social @jennalaib.bsky.social
#mtbos
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#mtbos
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
#ITeachMath folks, we have got to talk about this!!!
@carloliver.bsky.social @jennalaib.bsky.social
#mtbos
@carloliver.bsky.social @jennalaib.bsky.social
#mtbos
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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Time is zero-sum. When Texas adds Bible content to its curriculum, it is going to supplant, not supplement, other content.
The most remarkable example I've identified is their 5th grade teaching of MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
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The most remarkable example I've identified is their 5th grade teaching of MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
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Bible-Based Lessons for Public Schools Get Final Approval in Texas
The state’s board of education narrowly voted to allow schools to start using the reading and language arts curriculum next fall if they choose.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Time is zero-sum. When Texas adds Bible content to its curriculum, it is going to supplant, not supplement, other content.
The most remarkable example I've identified is their 5th grade teaching of MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
Class materials⬇️ #EduSky🍎
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
The most remarkable example I've identified is their 5th grade teaching of MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
Class materials⬇️ #EduSky🍎
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
Portland and Lewiston, Maine are next on the list of diverse blue cities with governors that have stood up to Trump. The dread and fear among our neighbors and our daughters' friends and classmates is so real and so cruel that I want to scream my head off.
Here's our governor's response today.
Here's our governor's response today.
Governor Mills’ Statement on Potential Federal Law Enforcement Operations in Maine
This is "Governor Mills’ Statement on Potential Federal Law Enforcement Operations in Maine" by Office of Governor Janet Mills on Vimeo, the home…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Portland and Lewiston, Maine are next on the list of diverse blue cities with governors that have stood up to Trump. The dread and fear among our neighbors and our daughters' friends and classmates is so real and so cruel that I want to scream my head off.
Here's our governor's response today.
Here's our governor's response today.
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"Maine knows what good law enforcement looks like. Our law enforcement are held to high professional standards, undergo substantial professional training, are accountable to the law, & I can tell you this, they don't wear a mask to shield their identities, & they don't arrest people to fill quotas."
Gov Mills’ Statement on Potential ICE Operations in Maine
"For those of you who may consider protesting, I fully support your right to do so, and I urge you to do so peacefully -- to meet any hostility with reserve and resolve. Maine will not be intimidated."
#NonViolenceIsPower #MEpolitics
"For those of you who may consider protesting, I fully support your right to do so, and I urge you to do so peacefully -- to meet any hostility with reserve and resolve. Maine will not be intimidated."
#NonViolenceIsPower #MEpolitics
Governor Mills’ Statement on Potential Federal Law Enforcement Operations in Maine
This is "Governor Mills’ Statement on Potential Federal Law Enforcement Operations in Maine" by Office of Governor Janet Mills on Vimeo, the home…
vimeo.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
"Maine knows what good law enforcement looks like. Our law enforcement are held to high professional standards, undergo substantial professional training, are accountable to the law, & I can tell you this, they don't wear a mask to shield their identities, & they don't arrest people to fill quotas."
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ICE is coming to Portland and Lewiston imminently, their mayors confirmed today. Both cities have large Somali populations.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 AM
ICE is coming to Portland and Lewiston imminently, their mayors confirmed today. Both cities have large Somali populations.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
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School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.
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⏰Starting next week! Join us for the new book study on Teaching Mathematics Through Problem Solving!
First guest speaker: Mike Flynn
Sign up here: nctm.link/fhQ4W
First guest speaker: Mike Flynn
Sign up here: nctm.link/fhQ4W
January 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM
⏰Starting next week! Join us for the new book study on Teaching Mathematics Through Problem Solving!
First guest speaker: Mike Flynn
Sign up here: nctm.link/fhQ4W
First guest speaker: Mike Flynn
Sign up here: nctm.link/fhQ4W
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Community schools have been among the most effective strategies to address the effects of family and neighborhood poverty — the educational opportunity gaps that experts blame for disparities in standardized achievement test scores.
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Community schools have been among the most effective strategies to address the effects of family and neighborhood poverty — the educational opportunity gaps that experts blame for disparities in standardized achievement test scores.
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Trump's Education Department Axes Grants for Full-Service Community Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/t...
Trump’s Education Department Axes Grants for Full-Service Community Schools
The late, great David Berliner was the Regents’ professor emeritus in the psychology of education at Arizona State University, a former president of the American Educational Research Association, a…
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January 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Trump's Education Department Axes Grants for Full-Service Community Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/t...
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New Blog Post:
Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals
In October, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions.
In December, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions. Again.
And yet, the December interview demonstrated significant growth. How?
Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals
In October, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions.
In December, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions. Again.
And yet, the December interview demonstrated significant growth. How?
Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals
Mia is a fourth grader who participates in a small-group intervention with me that focuses on multiplication. She is enthusiastic and playful -- curling the dot in the i in her name into a heart, and narrating her thinking with droll asides like "I promise I have a better strategy... maybe." She is also hardworking, and collaborates well with the other students in the group.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New Blog Post:
Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals
In October, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions.
In December, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions. Again.
And yet, the December interview demonstrated significant growth. How?
Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals
In October, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions.
In December, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions. Again.
And yet, the December interview demonstrated significant growth. How?
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December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.