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Tracy Zager

@tracyzager.bsky.social

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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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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 12h

What the heck?! What is the assumption behind this article and headline? Why should it possibly approach HALF?!?!

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

This is an article of mine from last year, for what it’s worth.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my god

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 2d

Man oh man have I’ve been driving through Massachusetts a lot lately. Between Wellesley’s 150th celebration, taking Maya back-and-forth to school, and catching as many of her field hockey games as I could, I am 495‘d out!

Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 2d

And then the poodle. I stared right at that poodle for a while.

Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 2d

(I hope the valuation and the crazy pictures would be part of the argument too.)

Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 2d

Fun warmup summing to 20 that’s sure to spark debate… #iteachmath

Carlos Estrada @ctothelos77.bsky.social · 3d

What's gonna be on your thanksgiving plate?

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Sparrow J @summergirl505.bsky.social · 2d

Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5d

For five years running now, CT has held gun buyback events statewide to make our communities safer.

Next one is this Saturday. You can turn in your guns - no questions asked - in exchange for gift cards. They’re giving away gun safes too. Find your local buyback event below.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 5d

My kids’ school is on lockdown. Because of ICE. On fucking Halloween.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

A brave young woman asks JD Vance: “When you talk about too many immigrants here, when did you guys decide that number? Why did you sell us a dream? You gave us the path and now tell us we don't belong here? Why do you have to be Christian to be American?”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DQapzQi...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7d

It’s never been more important to support men and women who respect the Constitution and the rule of law. So make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com/VotingInfo/PA.

I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

iwillvote.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7d

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 7d

I got you :) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

Opinion | The Empty Promises of Trump’s Imperial Presidency

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 8d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t mind me, I’m just deeply involved in SMP8 in a hotel bathroom in Framingham, Mass after midnight.

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 11d

lol how’d I miss the flying saucers?

But then in some rows, I haven’t yet found anything that varies?!

Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 11d

This hotel bathroom wallpaper has me contemplating patterns. Or not patterns? cc @triangleman.bsky.social Is it or not? #tmwyk

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Save Our Schools Arizona @sosarizona.org · 12d

😡 The Trump administration’s Dept of Ed is teaming up with extremist groups to force a partisan, "patriotic" curriculum into our schools.

"The regulation does not become law if a simple majority disapproves of it.” Contact Congress today to urge them to take action ➡️ bit.ly/NoCivicsTakeover

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 16d

👋 @stenhousepub.bsky.social!

Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 16d

Hey #ITeachMath friends. Sorry it's taken me so long, but my website for #BecomingMath is back up! I'll redesign around current work soon, but in the meantime, many of the links for Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had are reinstated. Lemme know if you find bum ones? tjzager.com

Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had

Reflections on teaching and parenting young mathematicians

tjzager.com

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 18d

#NoKings 🇺🇸

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Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics @mathequityforum.bsky.social · 21d

What a fabulous summary of @martamath0901.bsky.social's #NCSM2025 Kay Gilliland Equity Award talk! ¡Arriba y Adelante!: Taking Steps Towards Creating Spaces of Mattering and Thriving in Math 👇🏼👇🏼

Shelby Strong 💗💜💙 @sneffleupagus.bsky.social · 21d

"Was that a compliment, or was it an assumption that (my teachers) didn't believe I was capable?"

Marta Garcia speaks with such grace and kindess and love, and I'm so grateful to have her as a mentor. #NCSMRiseUp #NCSM2025

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Tracy Zager @tracyzager.bsky.social · 21d

(Lost my alt-text somehow. That’s a video I took at a Platner town hall. We were an overflow crowd in cold rain, and we were rapt.)