Kate Nowak
@k8nowak.bsky.social
Slinging bits at Brilliant.org;
Teaching pre- and early-service teachers;
Formerly teaching high school
& making IM K-12 Math at illustrativemathematics.org.
Teaching pre- and early-service teachers;
Formerly teaching high school
& making IM K-12 Math at illustrativemathematics.org.
I'll just be over here banging my head against the table. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'll just be over here banging my head against the table. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I've been making paper constructions of pattern blocks, then decided to add some extra ones to the traditional set. I'm particularly proud of this irregular pentagon. Even though I worked this out according to my own agenda, it's characteristics are so cool that I have no doubt that it's a shape +
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I've been making paper constructions of pattern blocks, then decided to add some extra ones to the traditional set. I'm particularly proud of this irregular pentagon. Even though I worked this out according to my own agenda, it's characteristics are so cool that I have no doubt that it's a shape +
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❤️ Love this ❤️
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
❤️ Love this ❤️
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
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seems like the easier solution is to give everyone free healthcare and pay for it by like buying 17 less missiles or taxing 53 dudes 1.8 percent more
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
seems like the easier solution is to give everyone free healthcare and pay for it by like buying 17 less missiles or taxing 53 dudes 1.8 percent more
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Geometry just needs to be two units:
* Yep, it adds to 180!
* Ok, but what if we cut it in half like THIS?
* Yep, it adds to 180!
* Ok, but what if we cut it in half like THIS?
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Geometry just needs to be two units:
* Yep, it adds to 180!
* Ok, but what if we cut it in half like THIS?
* Yep, it adds to 180!
* Ok, but what if we cut it in half like THIS?
Will NYS math assessments ever not be the literal freaking worst?
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Will NYS math assessments ever not be the literal freaking worst?
So much for that extra hour of sleep lol baseball is the worst
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
So much for that extra hour of sleep lol baseball is the worst
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200 years ago today, October 26, 1825:
The Erie Canal was ceremonially opened in Buffalo, New York. The 363-mile-long artificial waterway stretched from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It transformed Buffalo into a major hub.
The Erie Canal was ceremonially opened in Buffalo, New York. The 363-mile-long artificial waterway stretched from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It transformed Buffalo into a major hub.
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
200 years ago today, October 26, 1825:
The Erie Canal was ceremonially opened in Buffalo, New York. The 363-mile-long artificial waterway stretched from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It transformed Buffalo into a major hub.
The Erie Canal was ceremonially opened in Buffalo, New York. The 363-mile-long artificial waterway stretched from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It transformed Buffalo into a major hub.
Anyone out there know of a crosswalk between the Data Science Learning progressions and the Common Core SP standards? datasciencelearning.org
K-12 Data Literacy and Data Science Learning Progressions
datasciencelearning.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Anyone out there know of a crosswalk between the Data Science Learning progressions and the Common Core SP standards? datasciencelearning.org
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On of my geometry students just talked about the Angle Addition Prostitute and I think my day is over.
October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On of my geometry students just talked about the Angle Addition Prostitute and I think my day is over.
I've 100% met this lady.
"WHAT I AM BOTHERED BY? UNILLUSTRATED WORD PROBLEMS. SO LET’S GET ILLUSTRATING"
pershmail.substack.com/p/curriculum...
"WHAT I AM BOTHERED BY? UNILLUSTRATED WORD PROBLEMS. SO LET’S GET ILLUSTRATING"
pershmail.substack.com/p/curriculum...
Curriculum Design is My Passion
Short imagined scenes
pershmail.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've 100% met this lady.
"WHAT I AM BOTHERED BY? UNILLUSTRATED WORD PROBLEMS. SO LET’S GET ILLUSTRATING"
pershmail.substack.com/p/curriculum...
"WHAT I AM BOTHERED BY? UNILLUSTRATED WORD PROBLEMS. SO LET’S GET ILLUSTRATING"
pershmail.substack.com/p/curriculum...
Is it universally true that there is a shortage of red cuisenaire rods? Or do they just blink into another dimension in my presence?
October 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Is it universally true that there is a shortage of red cuisenaire rods? Or do they just blink into another dimension in my presence?
It is 2025 and computers still suck at fractions.
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It is 2025 and computers still suck at fractions.
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Sal Khan's career is very much a "right place right time" situation and he has not learned a single thing about teaching in all these years.
sal khan on his true north knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/at-k...
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sal Khan's career is very much a "right place right time" situation and he has not learned a single thing about teaching in all these years.
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Hey #mathsky, would it be too nerdy if @bookshop.org branded their Anti-Prime free shipping deal "Composite"? Asking for a friend.
October 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hey #mathsky, would it be too nerdy if @bookshop.org branded their Anti-Prime free shipping deal "Composite"? Asking for a friend.
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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Peter Singh TDSB : how do you ensure that time saved by #AI doesn't turn into "latte time" (his words) for teachers.
Well first. Every time saving innovation over the past hundred years has not reduced teacher work hours.
And second. OFFENDED.
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted
Well first. Every time saving innovation over the past hundred years has not reduced teacher work hours.
And second. OFFENDED.
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted
October 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The gap between teacher pay and other college graduates’ pay is the highest it’s been in over four decades.
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The gap between teacher pay and other college graduates’ pay is the highest it’s been in over four decades.
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?
@geogebra.org This is so cute www.geogebra.org/m/tmqgzrtj
Interpreting Rate of Change of Graphs – GeoGebra
Interpret meanings of different rates of change across a graph that represents the water level in a hot tub.
www.geogebra.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@geogebra.org This is so cute www.geogebra.org/m/tmqgzrtj
Phew, demonstrating long division in base four starts to feel very numberwang very fast.
September 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Phew, demonstrating long division in base four starts to feel very numberwang very fast.
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I was feeling lost about handling instructional time for operations in bases other than ten, and then I remembered that the worked example protocol exists. Thank you again for your wonderful book, @mpershan.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I was feeling lost about handling instructional time for operations in bases other than ten, and then I remembered that the worked example protocol exists. Thank you again for your wonderful book, @mpershan.bsky.social
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As someone who's spent decades mapping the invisible—from creating 3D digital oceans to diving deep unexplored places—I'm moved by how satellite imagery just delivered justice for Argentina's penguins + other wildlife.
SOMETIMES JUSTICE NEEDS COORDINATES!
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
SOMETIMES JUSTICE NEEDS COORDINATES!
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Penguin Conservationists Use Maps and Satellite Images to Help Win Landmark Court Case
A groundbreaking case in Argentina used GIS to help convict a rancher of ecocide, expanding protections for penguins and other species.
www.esri.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
As someone who's spent decades mapping the invisible—from creating 3D digital oceans to diving deep unexplored places—I'm moved by how satellite imagery just delivered justice for Argentina's penguins + other wildlife.
SOMETIMES JUSTICE NEEDS COORDINATES!
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
SOMETIMES JUSTICE NEEDS COORDINATES!
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
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Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
'blue states closed too early' is said by the same people who are working to close public schools, so you know it's not that they care about children's education.
September 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
classes start tomorrow and my brightspace isn't set up so of course I am ... decorating the back of my clipboard with all the random ass stickers lying around
August 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
classes start tomorrow and my brightspace isn't set up so of course I am ... decorating the back of my clipboard with all the random ass stickers lying around