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. All opinions my own. bobsonwong.com #MfAProud #MTBoS #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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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Here is a true story that just happened to me that will be *most* appreciated by any Math Twitter escapees who are here. #ITeachMath #mtbos
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Here is a true story that just happened to me that will be *most* appreciated by any Math Twitter escapees who are here. #ITeachMath #mtbos
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Students who take AP Statistics are 3x more likely to be able to tell the difference between correlation and causation.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Students who take AP Statistics are 3x more likely to be able to tell the difference between correlation and causation.
Pics from our first session for our @mathforamerica.bluesky.social course on influencing STEM Education, which I’m co-facilitating with Larisa Bukalov. We’re excited to help an amazing group of Math for America educators have a greater impact on STEM education! #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Pics from our first session for our @mathforamerica.bluesky.social course on influencing STEM Education, which I’m co-facilitating with Larisa Bukalov. We’re excited to help an amazing group of Math for America educators have a greater impact on STEM education! #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath
Meanwhile, on the bird site, the self-proclaimed classroom experts with no actual classroom experience still crow about the “Mississippi miracle”. 🤦🏻
Miracles are for Sundays. Monday through Friday, improving public schools requires 1% solutions, sweat, and shoe leather.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Meanwhile, on the bird site, the self-proclaimed classroom experts with no actual classroom experience still crow about the “Mississippi miracle”. 🤦🏻
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Miracles are for Sundays. Monday through Friday, improving public schools requires 1% solutions, sweat, and shoe leather.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Miracles are for Sundays. Monday through Friday, improving public schools requires 1% solutions, sweat, and shoe leather.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
Old schoolers remember the baller 1990s move in states testing in grades 4 and 8: retain 3rd and 7th.
😂😂😂
Zohran Mamdani didn’t add people and groups that actively campaigned against him to his transition team, and the New York Post is ON IT
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NYC charter schools snubbed by Zohran Mamdani transition team as special interests gobble up posts
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shuts out representation from the publicly-funded charter school sector as well as groups that support merit-based education — such as gifted and talented programs …
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November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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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
😁😁😁
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