Philip Dituri, Ph.D.
@phildituri.bsky.social
Dir of Education, FiCycle.org.
Educational Consultant & Coach, DituriConsulting.com.
Former NYC teacher & MfA Master Teacher.
Lover of math, teaching, dancing, nerdy games & photography.
FB / LinkedIn: @phildituri
Educational Consultant & Coach, DituriConsulting.com.
Former NYC teacher & MfA Master Teacher.
Lover of math, teaching, dancing, nerdy games & photography.
FB / LinkedIn: @phildituri
I love when seemingly unpredictable, messy and complicated phenomenon can be modeled and described using mathematics. www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m...
The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View | Quanta Magazine
The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I love when seemingly unpredictable, messy and complicated phenomenon can be modeled and described using mathematics. www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m...
For the kids:
A brother and sister go trick or treating.
At the first 3 houses, they each get 7 pieces of candy.
At the next 2 houses, they each get 4 pieces.
Then a witch gives them 9 pieces to share.
How many pieces of candy do they have altogether at the end of the night?
Happy Halloween.
A brother and sister go trick or treating.
At the first 3 houses, they each get 7 pieces of candy.
At the next 2 houses, they each get 4 pieces.
Then a witch gives them 9 pieces to share.
How many pieces of candy do they have altogether at the end of the night?
Happy Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For the kids:
A brother and sister go trick or treating.
At the first 3 houses, they each get 7 pieces of candy.
At the next 2 houses, they each get 4 pieces.
Then a witch gives them 9 pieces to share.
How many pieces of candy do they have altogether at the end of the night?
Happy Halloween.
A brother and sister go trick or treating.
At the first 3 houses, they each get 7 pieces of candy.
At the next 2 houses, they each get 4 pieces.
Then a witch gives them 9 pieces to share.
How many pieces of candy do they have altogether at the end of the night?
Happy Halloween.
When you get up at 5:30am & are on the train before sunrise the morning commute hits different. It’s oddly peaceful.
I was in Atlanta for NCTM last week.
I’m out in LI twice this week.
This weekend I fly to Oklahoma.
End the week in Palms Springs for CMC-South.
Let’s meet up in PS if you’re going
I was in Atlanta for NCTM last week.
I’m out in LI twice this week.
This weekend I fly to Oklahoma.
End the week in Palms Springs for CMC-South.
Let’s meet up in PS if you’re going
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When you get up at 5:30am & are on the train before sunrise the morning commute hits different. It’s oddly peaceful.
I was in Atlanta for NCTM last week.
I’m out in LI twice this week.
This weekend I fly to Oklahoma.
End the week in Palms Springs for CMC-South.
Let’s meet up in PS if you’re going
I was in Atlanta for NCTM last week.
I’m out in LI twice this week.
This weekend I fly to Oklahoma.
End the week in Palms Springs for CMC-South.
Let’s meet up in PS if you’re going
This reminds me of my degree from Yall University….
![Comic. [diploma from East State University for Doctor of Philosophy in Document Forgery] [caption] If you put one of these up in your office, and no one notices, you’ve earned it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif2hl6u2eqv7rmq27tenpy5s5d7egkhwzvfw4ohpskh67ibuw52ym@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This reminds me of my degree from Yall University….
Geometry teacher friends: I often observe teachers struggle to demonstrate constructions with compasses on the board. Sometimes the compass is too big/small. Use STRING to simulate the compass. It works great on a chalk board, white bored, or even an enemy's wall.
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Geometry teacher friends: I often observe teachers struggle to demonstrate constructions with compasses on the board. Sometimes the compass is too big/small. Use STRING to simulate the compass. It works great on a chalk board, white bored, or even an enemy's wall.
I love these kinds of problems. I love watching students as they read them for the first time and realize it's non-routine. I love watching how they react to that moment and what they try in that moment. Teaching is the best.
Here's a challenging Open Middle problem to help students develop conceptual understanding of quadratics in standard form: www.openmiddle.com/maximum-...
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I love these kinds of problems. I love watching students as they read them for the first time and realize it's non-routine. I love watching how they react to that moment and what they try in that moment. Teaching is the best.
It was a real honor to be invited to write an Ear to the Ground article for NCTM’s publication MLTL. “Finance is Math” (Vol 118 Issue 8 Aug 2025). Please give it a read at ficycle.org/finance-is-m... or find it on my web page at dituriconsulting.com and let me know what you think.
Finance is Math - FiCycle Math
ficycle.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It was a real honor to be invited to write an Ear to the Ground article for NCTM’s publication MLTL. “Finance is Math” (Vol 118 Issue 8 Aug 2025). Please give it a read at ficycle.org/finance-is-m... or find it on my web page at dituriconsulting.com and let me know what you think.
I wrote an Ear to the Ground article for NCTM’s biggest publication!
August 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote an Ear to the Ground article for NCTM’s biggest publication!
Reposted by Philip Dituri, Ph.D.
As a reminder, PBS NOVA is one of the coolest science entertainment platforms that we have today!
If you're thinking of unsubscribing from any other streamers today, or if you have the capacity in your wallet, you can sign up to donate a monthly gift to PBS here: donate.kqed.org/secure/kqedpbs
If you're thinking of unsubscribing from any other streamers today, or if you have the capacity in your wallet, you can sign up to donate a monthly gift to PBS here: donate.kqed.org/secure/kqedpbs
July 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As a reminder, PBS NOVA is one of the coolest science entertainment platforms that we have today!
If you're thinking of unsubscribing from any other streamers today, or if you have the capacity in your wallet, you can sign up to donate a monthly gift to PBS here: donate.kqed.org/secure/kqedpbs
If you're thinking of unsubscribing from any other streamers today, or if you have the capacity in your wallet, you can sign up to donate a monthly gift to PBS here: donate.kqed.org/secure/kqedpbs
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" often attributed to Groucho Marx.
July 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" often attributed to Groucho Marx.
"The word 'concept' is used in various ways; its sense is sometimes psychological, sometimes logical, and sometimes perhaps a confused mixture of both." Frege in 1951 commenting on the state of mathematics education in 2025. #MTBoS
June 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"The word 'concept' is used in various ways; its sense is sometimes psychological, sometimes logical, and sometimes perhaps a confused mixture of both." Frege in 1951 commenting on the state of mathematics education in 2025. #MTBoS
Reposted by Philip Dituri, Ph.D.
People forget that at the end of every episode, He-Man would tell kids to not be dicks and then punch them in the face so they remembered it.
he man from the masters of the universe is pointing at the camera with a light coming out of his fist .
Alt: he man punching the screen because a kid was being a dick
media.tenor.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
People forget that at the end of every episode, He-Man would tell kids to not be dicks and then punch them in the face so they remembered it.
Reposted by Philip Dituri, Ph.D.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
May 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
How you know if you love your job?
I’m riding on the train at 6 AM & there’s a girl doing her math homework. I can’t help but sit near her & try to see (alg). I have to resist the urge to offer help. The urge is all consuming.
These old trains, remind me of pregaming for concerts when I was young.
I’m riding on the train at 6 AM & there’s a girl doing her math homework. I can’t help but sit near her & try to see (alg). I have to resist the urge to offer help. The urge is all consuming.
These old trains, remind me of pregaming for concerts when I was young.
May 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How you know if you love your job?
I’m riding on the train at 6 AM & there’s a girl doing her math homework. I can’t help but sit near her & try to see (alg). I have to resist the urge to offer help. The urge is all consuming.
These old trains, remind me of pregaming for concerts when I was young.
I’m riding on the train at 6 AM & there’s a girl doing her math homework. I can’t help but sit near her & try to see (alg). I have to resist the urge to offer help. The urge is all consuming.
These old trains, remind me of pregaming for concerts when I was young.
This makes me sad for our country.
We’re seeing a shift in conference locations shaped by structural forces—travel restrictions, policies, and commitments to equity and inclusion. These factors are redefining where academic communities can gather ethically and safely. Vancouver is lovely 😉🇨🇦
#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
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Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S. | CBC News
CBC News has identified several North American-based organizations that have relocated upcoming conferences, either partially or fully, from the U.S. to Canada. Conference organizers said travel conce...
www.cbc.ca
May 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This makes me sad for our country.
It’s very important that the new pope was a math major in his undergraduate university experience at Villanova. He’s the first pope we have to really understand not only sin, but also cos and tan.
May 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It’s very important that the new pope was a math major in his undergraduate university experience at Villanova. He’s the first pope we have to really understand not only sin, but also cos and tan.
Very early morning for me. I left Brooklyn, in the dark and watched the sunrise over sunny and beautiful Jamaica. I’ll be working with teachers and kids in Huntington, Long Island today helping them make a Groupwork the Norm their classroom. Thank goodness I love what I do :-)
May 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Very early morning for me. I left Brooklyn, in the dark and watched the sunrise over sunny and beautiful Jamaica. I’ll be working with teachers and kids in Huntington, Long Island today helping them make a Groupwork the Norm their classroom. Thank goodness I love what I do :-)
This is be best academia X clergy joke I've ever heard.
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is be best academia X clergy joke I've ever heard.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
— Carl Rogers
— Carl Rogers
May 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
— Carl Rogers
— Carl Rogers
This was my favorite as child. I can’t believe I was today years old when I first say the video
42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
May 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This was my favorite as child. I can’t believe I was today years old when I first say the video
Reposted by Philip Dituri, Ph.D.
OK, people have brought up "Greenwich Median time" an "Greenwich Mode Time" but because this is a super smooth distribution, Greenwich Median Time would be (I think) exactly the same as Greenwich Mean Time and because times are not absolute values, Greenwich Mode Time cannot exist.
April 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
OK, people have brought up "Greenwich Median time" an "Greenwich Mode Time" but because this is a super smooth distribution, Greenwich Median Time would be (I think) exactly the same as Greenwich Mean Time and because times are not absolute values, Greenwich Mode Time cannot exist.
One of the most common questions I get when working with teachers is something along the lines of, “What do you do with a student who refuses to get or stay on task?” There is no one thing you can do that will always address this issue, but there are things one can do to help: 1/5
April 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
One of the most common questions I get when working with teachers is something along the lines of, “What do you do with a student who refuses to get or stay on task?” There is no one thing you can do that will always address this issue, but there are things one can do to help: 1/5
I’m working with middle school teachers at Sayville middle school today.
I always have fun consulting and I’m looking forward to it.
I’m not lookong forward to 4 hours of long island railroad.
I hope you had fun today too - especially if you’re a Sayville middle school teacher 😉.
I always have fun consulting and I’m looking forward to it.
I’m not lookong forward to 4 hours of long island railroad.
I hope you had fun today too - especially if you’re a Sayville middle school teacher 😉.
March 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’m working with middle school teachers at Sayville middle school today.
I always have fun consulting and I’m looking forward to it.
I’m not lookong forward to 4 hours of long island railroad.
I hope you had fun today too - especially if you’re a Sayville middle school teacher 😉.
I always have fun consulting and I’m looking forward to it.
I’m not lookong forward to 4 hours of long island railroad.
I hope you had fun today too - especially if you’re a Sayville middle school teacher 😉.