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Matt Vaudrey
@mrvaudrey.bsky.social
he/him | Assistant Principal | Educator | Feminist | Activism has a cost | tweets are just me
Alright, y'all! I'm soliciting Math Jokes for the opening session at CMC-South.

Hit me. Waddaya got?

#CMCmath
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hey, anybody who's attending #CMCmath in Palm Springs and doesn't want to type out the huge URL for the program, I made a short one.

bit.ly/cmcs2025
Program - CMC South 2025
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September 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Some of y’all may have heard: I am thrilled to accept a position at two Elementary schools!

More joy, more hugs, different flavors of complexity, and I tower over everyone at the site.
August 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Offspring: Dad, I think today is June 0th.
Me:

(He pronounced it ZEE-rowth)
#tmwyk
a group of men are watching a chicago bulls game
ALT: a group of men are watching a chicago bulls game
media.tenor.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
May 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My offspring chose this fit for her last day of school and wanted to show me. 😍
#ITeachMath #YouAreAMathPerson
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Reposted by Matt Vaudrey
If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next?

This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
April 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Okay, I'm gonna say it.

@peterliljedahl.bsky.social has a fantastic teaching structure that has transformed classrooms.

And "Building Thinking Classrooms" isn't a snappy name for it. Here are some suggestions from ChatGPT:

Think First Math
Stand & Solve
Math in Motion (taken)
Brains On, Hands On
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Here’s the Ignote I just did at @nctm.org virtual conference:

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j8uXcv/
This may upset some folks, and I’d love hear from you if it does. Let’s cring together and do better. ❤️
TikTok video by Matt Vaudrey
www.tiktok.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I just did my Ignite talk at @nctm.org Virtual. (Video coming soon)
Here are the books i referenced:

Dreamkeepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings
For White Folks who Teach in the Hood (and the rest of y'all, too) by Dr. Chris Emdin
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April 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So proud to be a part of Fontana Unified, taking a strong stance in defense of immigrant rights in California.
February 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reposted by Matt Vaudrey
If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia

You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by Matt Vaudrey
Final thought

“Lamar is creating art at the intersection of Black men being the world’s scariest boogie men and the world’s most profitable commodity. And I think he’s accepted that’s where he is.”

All quotes from The Youths™️
February 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Every system of injustice depends on the silence, paralysis, confusion, and cooperation of those seeks to eliminate and control.“

I am late to the game on this book, but excited to start.
February 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
“I can’t right now think of a better purpose in life than to be a teacher. To teach feels like you are a guardian of time itself, protecting the future happiness of the world via the minds that are yet to shape it.
February 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Emotionally, it was surprisingly easy to delete 13 years of the bird-website after the lead guy's nonsense this week.

I downloaded it first, here's a picture of my kid from that first few months of my bird-site account.
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Reposted by Matt Vaudrey
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

(1/3)
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It’s a windy day in Fontana!
Stay safe out there!
December 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Matt Vaudrey
I would like to lodge a formal complaint against the words “numerator” and “denominator.”

If we wanted people to hate fractions more, we could not have picked better words.
November 29, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Friends from #CMCmath earlier this month:

If you attended the Social Dinner at Shakey's on Friday, we'd love to hear how it went! Please take this 90-second survey:

bit.ly/cmcdinner24feedback
2024 CMC Dinner Feedback
Thank you for coming! Once again, this was a delightful social event, and we appreciate you joining us! Now comes the part where we try to improve for next year. Be honest; you won't hurt our feeling...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:41 PM
“Equity without excellence is low expectations. Excellence without equity is exclusion.”

Reminds me of “we want the best candidate for the job” or “the top students get the honors.”

(This is at the #Equity Task Force for my district)
November 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
THIS is why I trust @dingleteach.bsky.social’s judgment.

Just scrolling through my feed and she’ll drop some bars like
AND I WILL NOT BE A SLAVE TO PERFECTION, and suddenly I’m inspired and galvanized. 💪🏻
Day 44 of moving my body. Increased physical goal is manageable. Doing some org tasks today. Being engaged in a routine helps with time management of everything else.
Today’s prep is difficult.
And I will not be a slave to perfection.
November 19, 2024 at 12:20 AM
After lunch, we’ll be discussing 3 ways that schools can be unfair to kids, what we can do about it, and how to do Equity work without burning out.
Join us in Primrose D!
#CMCmath
November 9, 2024 at 7:03 AM
At this point, Jeremiah said “The double integration is pretty straightforward.”

I’m a B I T out of my league here, but we’re doing math, so I’m happy. #CMCmath
November 8, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I'm loving this quote, but there's nowhere in my
#CMCmath
session to put it, so I'll put it here:

A reduction of injustice is not the same as freedom.
—Ella Baker
November 5, 2024 at 1:42 PM