Brooke Powers

A promotional slide for a talk titled “Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths!” in bold blue and pink lettering. The image features five pop culture figures across the bottom: Bob Ross, America Ferrera, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Ted Lasso. Their images are placed against a black background with silhouettes of other unidentifiable figures behind the title, adding an element of mystery and anticipation.

A few weeks ago, I dropped a teaser full of silhouettes.

At HIVE, Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths! came to life—and it was loud, honest, and full of heart.

Still thinking about where it might go next.

#HIVE2025 #PopCulture#MiniNote #TeacherTruths #OURHIVE

A collage of nine photos from the HIVE 2025 conference. Top row: (1) Two women pose in front of a colorful balloon display and large "HIVE 2025" letters, (2) a woman poses with Minnie and Mickey Mouse on stage, (3) three women smile together in the conference hall. Middle row: (4) four people—three women and one man—smile together indoors, (5) a navy blue square with the name "Brooke Powers" in white script, (6) a woman takes a selfie with a man wearing a baseball cap. Bottom row: (7) four people pose in front of a window with trees outside, (8) two women smile on stage in front of a blue honeycomb backdrop, (9) a woman stands beside a tall man in a HIVE 2025 hallway, both smiling.

I don’t quite have the words yet for what HIVE meant this year, but I know it meant everything.

More to come soon. For now, just holding tight to the joy of it all.

In the meantime… start packing your glitter and grit, see you in VEGAS next year. 💫🎲 #OURHIVE #HIVE2025

A graphic with five large icons in a row on a white background: a green plastic toy soldier, a black vinyl record, a black-and-white bee, a pair of pink high heels, and a painter’s palette with two brushes. At the bottom right corner is the name "Brooke Powers ©2025" in script and print font. The image appears to be a teaser or preview slide, with no text or explanation provided.

One last #OURHIVE preview.

No context. No captions.

Just trust me.

#HIVE2025 #StayTuned

Silhouettes of five people standing side by side against a textured, grayscale static background. Each figure has a distinct hairstyle, suggesting diversity, but no facial features or details are visible."

I'm working on something special for Open Up Resources #OURHIVE.

It is bold, chaotic, and completely me.

Stay tuned!

A collage of three images. The top image is a chalkboard-style title slide that reads "5 Lessons in Equity, Belonging, and Joyful Learning — Inspired by Abbott Elementary" with playful illustrations of a sun, stars, an apple, and a pencil. Below are two photos of a packed conference session. In the left photo, attendees are seated in a standing-room-only crowd, facing the front of the room. In the right photo, participants are up and moving around, actively engaged in discussion. The energy in the room is vibrant and collaborative.

Still reflecting on two incredible sessions at #LitMath2025

Abbott was standing room only — real talk, laughter and joy.

My other session went deep on language, identity, and access.

Catch Abbott again at HIVE and NCSM.
Ted Lasso’s coming to CMC North. Let’s go.

Thanks Melynee! It waws great to see you!

Thank you for coming!

Thank you! Sorry I missed seeing you!

I'd love to see you today if you are at #LitMath25!

Experience some ready-to-use routines for Literacy and Math you can implement with ease!

A colorful display titled “Which Abbott Elementary Character Are You?” featuring cartoon-style stickers of the main characters from Abbott Elementary, each with a quote. Characters include Gregory, Janine, Ava, Melissa, Jacob, and Barbara. Quotes include lines like “My followers aren’t going to influence themselves” (Ava), “Look, we do this ‘cause we’re supposed to. It’s a calling. You answered” (Melissa), and “People have thrown dirt on my name, and others have thrown flowers. It’s all a garden to me” (Barbara). The image has a playful tone with purple daisies and is signed “Brooke Powers

📺✨ Lessons in Equity, Belonging, and Joyful Learning from Abbott Elementary
🗓 Tuesday, June 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM
📍 NCTE–NCTM Joint Conference | Salon 7 & 8, Lower Level

We'll have a great time, and 💥 Bonus: I’ve got some seriously awesome Abbott stickers to share.

#LitMath2025

I hope to see you there!

Graphic promoting Brooke Powers' conference sessions at the 2025 Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics in Chicago. Background features colorful cityscape artwork. Brooke’s headshot appears in a small circle. Text reads: June 16, 1:00–2:15 pm, Salon A-3: Empowering Every Learner: 5 Inclusive Strategies for Multilingual and Diverse Classrooms June 17, 10:30–11:30 am, Salon 7 & 8: 5 Lessons in Equity, Belonging, and Joyful Learning from "Abbott Elementary."

📣 Chicago, get ready — I'm bringing my best Janine Teague's energy to the 2025 Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics!

Come for the strategies, stay for the Barbara Howard-level wisdom (and maybe a few Janine-style jokes). 😄

See you at #LitMath2025! @nctm.org

A navy graphic with two photos: Brooke Powers with Howie Hua at a presentation, and a group shot of eight colleagues smiling. Brooke wears a striped dress; Howie a stick-figure tee. "Brooke Powers" is in script at the top left.

Left Central CA with a full heart + big dreams 💙
Shared what Ted Lasso might say about the CA Math Framework (“be curious, not judgmental”) + got to see the amazing @howiehua.bsky.social + @cmmteach.bsky.social + @duanehabecker.com !

Big things ahead for our Cali!🍊✏️

A collage of classroom scenes showing educator Brooke Powers interacting with students and teachers. In one image, Brooke kneels to speak with a young student holding a drawing. Another image shows a student working on a worksheet with shapes. A group of older students and teachers play an educational card game at a table. In another, Brooke leans in to engage with a student in front of a vibrant classroom wall filled with student work and learning charts. The center of the collage features a navy blue logo with the name “Brooke Powers” in elegant script. The scenes depict hands-on learning, inquiry, and strong educator-student connections.

What a week!

Started the week at Eastern Guilford HS supporting teachers with strategies to boost discourse + engage MLLs. Ended at Charter Oak Intl Academy with Georgina Rivera—saw joyful, inquiry-based learning in action. More on that soon! ✨📚 #EdLeadership #edchat #schoolsmatter

I typed in every combination of letters until Jed helped haha

JED!!!! You are my new hero. Truly! I worked backwards from that and figured out how to teach him to do it. I owe you a drink!

He has to say what direction in terms of N, S, E, W 🤦🏻‍♀️ I think he’s gonna have to skip this one on the final haha

Help lol

Just realized I didn’t alt text this and I’m honestly not sure how to in this instance…ideas?

Who in the #mtbos world can solve this? I’ve tried 4,072 roughly.

Love being a mom and a math teacher 🤦🏻‍♀️

Five people stand together, smiling in a spacious conference hall. A banner above lists sponsors and room numbers.

Having the best time at #NCTE24 in Boston with the most amazing #ELA team ever!

My Top 3 Highlights:
🦻Hearing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speak
🤣 Laughing with Kate McKinnon during her keynote
❤️ Reflecting on Love and Pedagogy with Gholdy Muhammad and Lorena German

We will be at the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) conference in Boston, Nov 21-24. Image has purple background w/ bookworm illustration

I am beyond excited to be headed to my first #NCTE conference!

If you’re there I’d love to say hi!

Yes! And that’s been part of my daughters frustration this year. She has voiced herself that they learn things and then later are told “well that doesn’t work on this so we’re going to learn something new”

I always think offering to help from a place of “I really want to help these kids” is appreciated.

I volunteer in a local 2nd grade classroom and it has actually been a great vehicle for me changing the school as well. They hear what we’re doing and want more!

Yes agree 💯. I get the intent just not so sure about the delivery. I like your revision!

Yesssss 💯

So in this case “if it goes through the origin it’s proportional”…

Until the quadratics unit comes up

Yep that’s why I said I get what they were trying to do.

But at the same time I have Embry coming home frustrated because she says what they learn one day doesn’t “work anymore” the next day.

So I’m making an assumption that there’s a lot of expiring rules happening here.

I have no words 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 35 had me shook so 70 is just…wow.

I have a three year old at home and watching her has had me thinking so much about how much kids love math and inquiry until we start to damage that in K-12.

Haha my daughter won’t let me 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️