Ralph Pantozzi
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A culture war nexus for almost a century! #iTeachMath
Crazy to me that this stuff is a culture war nexus. This is a minor pedagogical choice! There’s some small trade-off between speed and explanability; absolutely mysterious to me why people would have strong feelings about where one lands on it.
Bender Bending Rodriguez (and all his little friends) are BACK, baby! An all-new season of #Futurama is coming Sept 15, on Hulu, #HuluwithDisneyPlus, and FXX.
Once again, it’s not unfashionable. But perhaps saying it’s unfashionable is fashionable. 😉 It gets the clicks
For whatever reason, the idea of knowing stuff has become unfashionable. We’ve absorbed the idea that facts are “mere” details, that skills and dispositions matter more, and that technology makes memory unnecessary.
Indeed, understanding demographic patterns, historical causation, or geopolitical implications requires facts and inquiry
Yes, they can Google the population of Mongolia, but understanding demographic patterns, historical causation, or geopolitical implications requires internalised networks that no search engine can provide them in the moment of thinking.
facts are not now in fact a bad word in #education Some though do get very exercised when the suggestion is made that the role of facts in learning is not one dimensional
It's so bizarre to me how facts are now a bad word in education. We tell students "don't memorise, understand". As if these were opposites. But understanding emerges from the interplay of multiple memorised elements. Expertise isn't about having fewer facts; it's about having…
An invaluable collection of questions and prompts which are designed to tease out structures and concepts at the heart of mathematics. Written by Anne Watson & John Mason. KS3 & KS4 atm.org.uk/shop/questions…
Why should there always be "things for kids to do"? If all places were made safe for kids to play out there would be no need for constant stimulants, "activities" etc. Yes a week at scout or youth camp is fun but a whole summer, no. Kids need time to be bored, alone, with…
Been thinking about segregation and “school choice” americanprogress.org/article/racist…
“Make the students read them” 🤔 there might be other approaches
Yep. I've heard this before. Or the close variation "they won't read them." Even more of a reason to assign books and make the students read them.
Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. nyti.ms/4m69zuH
Carl Sagan's prediction of America, made 30 years ago.
(In case you needed more evidence of intent) “The president’s budget would close all four stations, eliminating the United States’ pole-to-pole view of greenhouse gases. They cannot easily be replaced” nytimes.com/2025/07/17/cli… via @NYTimes
Scan your news feed. Now browse your favorite Black Twitter account. Why is the algorithm feeding you posts from weirdos with 17 followers and suppressing the accounts you actually follow? "Social media" is no longer social. It's just media dlvr.it/TM3Wrz
This July marks the 100-year anniversary of the Scopes Trial. #STEM educators we want to know how its legacy affects teaching today. Share your thoughts with @scifri. i1j7zijgb78.typeform.com/to/WK2wTKdC
In 1925, a biology teacher in Tennessee was accused of illegally teaching human evolution to his students. On its 100th anniversary, here’s how the Scopes “Monkey” Trial remains relevant: buff.ly/lssauh6