Mandy Jansen

Definitely I have used talking points in teaching - particularly math methods.

In the midst of packing and moving houses -- to a home that is closer to campus. Say yes to a 5 minute commute and potentially biking once the weather is right. That said, I'm cognitively off due to stress. Not finding my words from time to time. I'll be happy when this move is done.

Censorship Arrives on Campus In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...

It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

These fucking politicians need to STOP CONSTANTLY admonishing protestors to be "peaceful" while they are being brutalized regularly by the gatekeepers of the state. You should be up there telling ICE and Border Patrol to be fucking peaceful.

A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

Friends, I was stuck in Puerto Rico for an extra day due to USA’s military actions in Venezuela. I am against what happened there. It was an act of war without Congressional approval. It was harmful to civilians. My travel situation is pretty annoying, too, but I am safe.

Snow on the ground. A tree covered with lights, lit up at night.

Went to Longwood Gardens last night. It was lovely to see it lit up with snow on the ground.

I fully unsubscribed to Netflix but none of these subscriptions feel ethical at this point.

This is exactly why utilities are increasing for residents in Delaware.

Intentional Talk and Listening: How to Structure and Lead Productive Mathematical Discussions Math teachers know the first step to meaningful mathematics discussions is to ask students to share how they solved a problem and make their thinking visible; however, knowing where to go next can be a daunting task. In Intentional Talk and Listening: How to Structure and Lead Productive Mathematical Discussions, Elham Kazemi and Allison Hintz provide teachers with a practical framework for planning and facilitating purposeful math talks that move group discussions to the next level while achiev

🔥 Hot off the press! 📘 A must-have for classroom discourse in the elementary math classroom! Check up the updates in the second edition here. ➡️ spr.ly/633227CTho

Is There a Better Way to Cut a Cake? Rings, zigzags, slabs and elaborate geometric designs are giving savvy party hosts new methods for a more equitable slice.

Mathematicians, math enthusiasts, and math teachers everywhere should want a piece of this:
#iTeachMath

This week is the 🎡 Reassessment Carnival 🎡 in my classes, where students optionally retake any assessment to update me one last time with a demonstration of what they know. It's an exciting and stressful and satisfying week full of celebration for students' accomplishments and also a TON of grading.

Worth waiting a year for Part 2! Such a gorgeous film - Wicked: For Good!

a mascot is wearing a flyers jersey and the nhl logo is behind him ALT: a mascot is wearing a flyers jersey and the nhl logo is behind him

Yessssss!

An event where the line for the men’s restroom is longer than the women’s? Hockey. Go Flyers!

Sign on a library book drop sign requesting people to yell "NOT A SQUIRREL" to confirm they are human and not a squirrel trying to steal Keith's lunch.

squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

If we ever doubted that he was in the files... you can read some emails here.

I started writing a long response, realized this wasn’t a DM, and deleted it! 😂

Yeah, this was / is big drama.

Supreme Court Rejects Call To Overturn Its Decision Legalizing Same-sex Marriage Nationwide The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide

Jenny Ruef is awesome.

I just texted you back in Instagram saying the same thing. I am not sure what you mean by "risk taking" though.

Entire East Wing expected to be demolished as soon as this weekend, sources say The White House is expected to demolish the entire East Wing to allow for construction of President Trump’s ballroom, sources familiar with the project told ABC News.

This is Trump “not touching“ the East Wing of the White House. Remember this the next time Trump says he won’t touch Social Security.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/ent...

when your class is online asynchronous but canvas is down because of AWS crashing. 🙃

i don't know, y'all, seems to me like letting three companies run everything is a bad idea.

Happy "PROFESSOR!!! CANVAS IS DOWN!!!" day to all academics who celebrate.

Also Canvas!!!

Services impacted by AWS attack/outage ® Impacted (67 services) AWS Application Migration Service AWS Batch AWS Client VPN AWS CloudTrail AWS Config AWS Database Migration Service AWS Deadline Cloud AWS Directory Service AWS Elemental AWS Global Accelerator AWS Glue AWS Healthimaging AWS HealthLake AWS HealthOmics AWS loT Core AWS Lambda AWS Outposts AWS Parallel Computing Service AWS Payment Cryptography AWS Private Certificate Authority AWS Secrets Manager AWS Site-to-Site. VPN AWS Transit Gateway AWS Verified Access Amazon AppStream 2.0 Amazon Athena Amazon Aurora DSQL Service Amazon Bedrock Amazon Chime Amazon CloudFront| Amazon Cognito Amazon DocumentDB Amazon EMR Serverless Amazon ElastiCache Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon Elastic Container Registry Amazon Elastic Container Service Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Amazon Elastic Load Balancing Amazon Elastic MapReduce Amazon EventBridge Amazon FSx Amazon GameLift Servers Amazon GameLift Streams Amazon Interactive Video Service Amazon Kendra Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Amazon Location Service Amazon MQ Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

The way one company can bring down half the fucking internet

Conference Proposals to Clarify Your Practice The 2025 NCTM conference kicks off in just a few days in Atlanta, Georgia. Social media is full of teachers preparing for the event and exhibitors inviting participants to visit their booths. While I....

Inspired by #NCTMATL25 to present at an upcoming conference? Both NCTM and OAME 2026 conference proposals close on Nov. 1st. Here are some thoughts on the benefits of writing a math conference proposal. pbbmath.weebly.com/blog/confere... #ITeachMath @oamelearns.bsky.social

There is a robust conversation already about supporting students digital literacy abilities.

This is good & necessary & (from what I can see) happening.

I would offer that there is an equally compelling case for the need to practice perspective taking.

I wish this was more supported.