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Josh Hertel @finance4educators.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Inspired by a recent chat with a new grad, here's a blog post on for folks who are starting a new job! A New Job To-Do List www.personalfinanceeducators.com/2025/08/a-ne...

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A New Job To-Do List

A personal finance blog to help educators embrace the teaching lifestyle, understand their opportunities, and achieve financial stability and freedom.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Oh, hiya bluesky. How's it been over here?

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Josh Hertel @finance4educators.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I'm giving a short talk for interested students today on homebuying. Mostly about the process and logistics. So much to know! #personalfinance #educators

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

First camping trip of the season <3

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Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky.com · 05/05/2025

Sean Sweeney just created a new set of escape rooms on Desmos! I loved them and here's the link in case you want to try them with your students or do them for fun on your own. They're challenging and beautiful! student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Kiddo: I'm bored! Me: Why don't you make a sketch in your new book? Kiddo:

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Meeting icebreaker: Tell us a fun fact about yourself. Me: I love spreadsheets and I work them into any conversation I can. #itstrue #ididitagain

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Oh, the plan is to drag the nation backward both socially and economically? Yeah, seems like it's working.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Thanks to Joel Amidon @amidonplanet.bsky.social for inviting me to talk a little about my perspective on personal finance for educators @finance4educators.bsky.social ! It was a great chat and I hope it will be helpful to educators in their personal finance journey. amidonplanet.com/episode123/

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Amidon Planet E123: Thriving as an Educator -Balancing Passion, Life, and Finances with Josh Hertel – Amidon Planet

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Working through a training and noticing that most of the scams/attacks involve email. Given how much of a time waste email is in general, I wonder if the cost/benefit of email is approaching the cost/benefit of more personal communications (like phone calls or in-person meetings)?

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

New post on my blog Personal Finance for Educators!

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Our 7-year-old on being old "I might have wrinkels, gray hair, and complex patterned clothes." :) I feel seen <3

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Imagine a world where we cared as much about the water/land/wilderness as we do about the artificial colors in processed food.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Deleting reoccurring meetings from my calendar is a part of my spring break prep that I really enjoy.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Brainstorming...Hey #mathed community, is there a conference that focuses on ways to engage students in mathematics? I know there are strands in some conferences, but is there just an engagement conference where folks can learn practices? #iteachmath

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

According to my inner child, today is 90s-school-dance-music day. #novemberrain #lovefool #saymyname

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I really wish the good folks at @npr.org and other news orgs would include percent whenever talking about a stock market. Without the percent, it can make things seem important when they are just noise in the data.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Working on two new posts for my Personal Finance for Educators Blog (@finance4educators.bsky.social). One does a bit of unpacking of the Wisconsin Retirement System and the other is on what I describe as the Teaching Lifestyle.

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Personal Finance for Educators

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

As I listen to the Anxious Generation, I'm finding the data-backed narrative Haidt weaves to be strong. It also resonates with my experience in the 80s/90s. #xennial

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

At some point you just need to filter by unread and mark all as read.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Reading the Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haiti and I'm fully on-board with his four recommendations: 1) No smartphones before high school. 2) No social media before 16. 3) Phone-free schools. 4) More unsupervised play and childhood independence.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Something I started doing a few years ago was giving a short debrief to all my classes whenever I attended a conference. I think it elevates our work, promotes professional learning, and opens space discussion. Does anyone else do this or something similar? #amte2025

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Time at #amte2025 gave me motivation to finish another post on my Personal Finance for Educators Blog. Hooray for small accomplishments! #personalfinance #educators The Pension Path: www.personalfinanceeducators.com/2025/02/the-...

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The Pension Path

Hi Readers! It has been a bit since I I last posted. Just the normal ebb and flow of the semester that comes with education and the logistic...

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Saying goodbye to #amte2025 but thinking of goals for the next year. 1. Share Get the Facts Out Info with students, colleagues, and others 2. Work with MTE colleagues in rethinking grades toward some kind of paper. 3. Connect with others in MTE community about personal finance for educators.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Wonderful conversations at our MTEs Rethinking Grades talk this morning! Thanks to all who attended! If you'd like to join our next zoom chat, send me a message! @rootjsquared.bsky.social

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

In the space of a few hours this morning I had four meaningful, heartfelt conversations surrounding math ed, identity, humanizing, etc. My cup overfloweth #amte2025

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Loved learning more about how to support math preservice teachers in teaching data science and statistics. I am a bit worried though that the field has added to an already full curriculum. How can we find ways to let leaves fall from our tree of K-12 math when they all seem so important? #amte2025

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I think my #amte2025 conference theme song is When Worlds Collide by Powerman 5000 When worlds collide youtu.be/lsV500W4BHU?...

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

So many great conversations today at #amte2025 Right before lunch I learned about the draft MET III report. I appreciate the thoughtfulness the presenters had in seeking feedback. I think centering humanizing and inclusive mathematics education is critically important for our field.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I just noticed that the #amte2025 conference app has a rating feature for sessions (out of five ⭐, no comments). I'm assuming it is built into guidebook by default. I'm having a variety of thoughts and feelings about the appropriateness of it.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I loved the deep, meaningful introductions of panelists at the opening session today. It is a humanizing practice that I believe we need to do in all our spaces. #amte2025

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Board games tonight starting at 7pm. Still looking for a space but I think we'll meet outside the Reno room. #amte2025

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Who else from the #mathedresearch community is attending #amte2025 in Reno?

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Trying out the #amte2025 conference app. Giving the "Interact" menu a try. I'm never quite sure how much folks explore these app features past the program.

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Since I've disabled my X account and I'm trying to pare down FB usage, I'm going to try and post updates at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference here #amte2025

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Josh Hertel @herteljt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025