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. Web: www.bobsonwong.com #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath #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...
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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
On a cold autumn night, nothing like white bean and pumpkin soup to warm you up! White beans, diced pumpkin, carrots, celery, minced ginger, coconut milk, curry paste, cumin, salt. Long beans and broccoli as side dishes. Recipe: cookeatlivelove.com/healthy-pump... #MTBoSCooks
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
On a cold autumn night, nothing like white bean and pumpkin soup to warm you up! White beans, diced pumpkin, carrots, celery, minced ginger, coconut milk, curry paste, cumin, salt. Long beans and broccoli as side dishes. Recipe: cookeatlivelove.com/healthy-pump... #MTBoSCooks
I loved connecting with amazing math educators at the @mathforamerica.bsky.social Fall Function yesterday! Shoutouts to @thejosevilson.com, Amy Lee, Michael Archetti, Shari Eng, David Jeon, Julianne Bridge-Joseph, Scott Schwartz, Zuobin Tang, Ihn Lee, Gary Rubinstein) #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I loved connecting with amazing math educators at the @mathforamerica.bsky.social Fall Function yesterday! Shoutouts to @thejosevilson.com, Amy Lee, Michael Archetti, Shari Eng, David Jeon, Julianne Bridge-Joseph, Scott Schwartz, Zuobin Tang, Ihn Lee, Gary Rubinstein) #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath
Glad to present (on equity tasks and identity questions) AND run into @thejosevilson.com giving the opening address at AMTNYS 2025! #amtnys #MTBoS #ITeachMath
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Glad to present (on equity tasks and identity questions) AND run into @thejosevilson.com giving the opening address at AMTNYS 2025! #amtnys #MTBoS #ITeachMath
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Watching these NYC election results and…wow.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Watching these NYC election results and…wow.
After weeks of long discussinos, my colleague Larisa Bukalov and I finally submitted our proposals for @nctm.org 2026! We are really excited at the conference themes and came up with an interesting idea for a session. Hopefully you'll hear more about it next year! #NCTMDEN26
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
After weeks of long discussinos, my colleague Larisa Bukalov and I finally submitted our proposals for @nctm.org 2026! We are really excited at the conference themes and came up with an interesting idea for a session. Hopefully you'll hear more about it next year! #NCTMDEN26
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it's not good for kids to read books because it will prepare them for college, or for work, or for seminary, it's good for them in the moment because it helps them grow, in any number of unpredictable directions
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
it's not good for kids to read books because it will prepare them for college, or for work, or for seminary, it's good for them in the moment because it helps them grow, in any number of unpredictable directions
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Whether it's Staten Island Republicans screaming racist epithets at Zohran Mamdani or Manhattan Democrats bringing up Andrew Cuomo's history of sexual harassment and nursing home deaths, both sides have pushed the boundaries of civil political discourse.
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Whether it's Staten Island Republicans screaming racist epithets at Zohran Mamdani or Manhattan Democrats bringing up Andrew Cuomo's history of sexual harassment and nursing home deaths, both sides have pushed the boundaries of civil political discourse.
NYC GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa drives slowly through Bayside with cars of supporters honking their horns. Note that many cars HAD LICENSE PLATES COVERED WITH TAPE. NYPD officers also provided a police escort and blocked traffic so the caravan could proceed.
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NYC GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa drives slowly through Bayside with cars of supporters honking their horns. Note that many cars HAD LICENSE PLATES COVERED WITH TAPE. NYPD officers also provided a police escort and blocked traffic so the caravan could proceed.
So many good connections come from attending conferences like @nctm.org. Loved being with a community of math people like Lawrence Yu, Zi Chen, Zuobin Tang, Amy Hogan, and Ralph Pantozzi! #NCTMAtl25 #MTBoS
October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So many good connections come from attending conferences like @nctm.org. Loved being with a community of math people like Lawrence Yu, Zi Chen, Zuobin Tang, Amy Hogan, and Ralph Pantozzi! #NCTMAtl25 #MTBoS
Where else but the @nctm.org Ignite talks are people dancing at a math conference? 😊 #MTBoS #NCTMAtl25
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Where else but the @nctm.org Ignite talks are people dancing at a math conference? 😊 #MTBoS #NCTMAtl25
Dr. Kristopher J. Childs working the crowd before the @nctm.org Ignite talks at Atlanta! #NCTMAtl25 #MTBoS
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Dr. Kristopher J. Childs working the crowd before the @nctm.org Ignite talks at Atlanta! #NCTMAtl25 #MTBoS
Looking forward to the screening of “Counted Out” and subsequent panel discussion with filmmaker Vicki Abeles and math educators Michelle Flores, Benjamin Moynihan, Zepherine Miller, and Jo Boaler at @nctm.org #NCTMAtl25 #MfAProud #MTBoS
October 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Looking forward to the screening of “Counted Out” and subsequent panel discussion with filmmaker Vicki Abeles and math educators Michelle Flores, Benjamin Moynihan, Zepherine Miller, and Jo Boaler at @nctm.org #NCTMAtl25 #MfAProud #MTBoS
Ready for three days of learning and community in math education at @nctm.org #NCTMATL25 #MTBoS #MfAProud
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ready for three days of learning and community in math education at @nctm.org #NCTMATL25 #MTBoS #MfAProud
Excited to be presenting at @NCTM #NCTMATL25:
H 10/16 (5:20-7:20 PM) Panel discussion at screening of "Counted Out"
F 10/17 (8-9 AM): (#221) Incorporating Equity Tasks into Everyday Math Instruction (GWCC A301)
F 10/17 (4:30-5 PM): (#405) Engaging Secondary Students in Notice and Wonder (GWCC 404)
H 10/16 (5:20-7:20 PM) Panel discussion at screening of "Counted Out"
F 10/17 (8-9 AM): (#221) Incorporating Equity Tasks into Everyday Math Instruction (GWCC A301)
F 10/17 (4:30-5 PM): (#405) Engaging Secondary Students in Notice and Wonder (GWCC 404)
October 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Excited to be presenting at @NCTM #NCTMATL25:
H 10/16 (5:20-7:20 PM) Panel discussion at screening of "Counted Out"
F 10/17 (8-9 AM): (#221) Incorporating Equity Tasks into Everyday Math Instruction (GWCC A301)
F 10/17 (4:30-5 PM): (#405) Engaging Secondary Students in Notice and Wonder (GWCC 404)
H 10/16 (5:20-7:20 PM) Panel discussion at screening of "Counted Out"
F 10/17 (8-9 AM): (#221) Incorporating Equity Tasks into Everyday Math Instruction (GWCC A301)
F 10/17 (4:30-5 PM): (#405) Engaging Secondary Students in Notice and Wonder (GWCC 404)
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The problem with firing teachers over Charlie Kirk is that governors and this administration wanted to get rid of them anyways and just found a convenient and awful excuse.
As agents of the state, teachers will be under scrutiny.
It doesn't excuse the harmful effects of fascism on our profession.
As agents of the state, teachers will be under scrutiny.
It doesn't excuse the harmful effects of fascism on our profession.
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The problem with firing teachers over Charlie Kirk is that governors and this administration wanted to get rid of them anyways and just found a convenient and awful excuse.
As agents of the state, teachers will be under scrutiny.
It doesn't excuse the harmful effects of fascism on our profession.
As agents of the state, teachers will be under scrutiny.
It doesn't excuse the harmful effects of fascism on our profession.
Glad to have written this for EdWeek... #MTBoS #IteachMath
Students Make Mistakes. Here Are Better Ways to Correct Them www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... is new @edweek.org post with @bobsonwong.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Glad to have written this for EdWeek... #MTBoS #IteachMath
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I can't believe that the @mathforamerica.bsky.social course that Larisa Bukalov and I will be teaching filled up in less than 2 hours! Looking forward to helping STEM teachers expand their influence in education this year! #MfAProud
September 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I can't believe that the @mathforamerica.bsky.social course that Larisa Bukalov and I will be teaching filled up in less than 2 hours! Looking forward to helping STEM teachers expand their influence in education this year! #MfAProud
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Oh no President Trump please don’t throw the 2025 NYC mayoral race in the briar patch, we beg of you
NYT reporting that the President is talking to Cuomo about the NYC mayoral campaign, to which I can only respond: masterful gambit sir!
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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These were exactly some of the arguments I used to argue that TI calculators were outdated, but somehow I was accused of supporting inequity...as if forcing students or schools to buy $150 calculators with limited functionality (and not that intuitive) was somehow more equitable.
Cheaper? How many of our kids don't already have a smartphone?
Reliable? Tied to one piece of hardware? That takes either a bunch of batteries (which the kids used to love hijacking for their CD players) or outdated USB connectors?
Reliable? Tied to one piece of hardware? That takes either a bunch of batteries (which the kids used to love hijacking for their CD players) or outdated USB connectors?
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
These were exactly some of the arguments I used to argue that TI calculators were outdated, but somehow I was accused of supporting inequity...as if forcing students or schools to buy $150 calculators with limited functionality (and not that intuitive) was somehow more equitable.
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 11:19 AM
This is cool. I hate doing inference on TI calculators. Thoughts? #MTBoS #ITeachMath skewthescript.org/blog/desmos-...
Desmos is coming to AP Stats — Skew The Script
The free Desmos calculator will now be embedded for AP Stats…
skewthescript.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is cool. I hate doing inference on TI calculators. Thoughts? #MTBoS #ITeachMath skewthescript.org/blog/desmos-...
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It’s also quite interesting that many of the exact same people who take issue with Mamdani’s experience (3+ terms as a state legislator) had no problem with someone with zero teaching or educational experience being put in full control of the nation’s largest school district
July 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It’s also quite interesting that many of the exact same people who take issue with Mamdani’s experience (3+ terms as a state legislator) had no problem with someone with zero teaching or educational experience being put in full control of the nation’s largest school district