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Brooke Powers

@lbrookepowers.bsky.social
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Managing Director of Academic Team, Open Up Resources, 2017 Milken Educator, Ted Lasso lover, Kentucky fan, Math Teacher

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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Cat in the Hat was NOT on my 2026 education bingo card. We’re worried about kids using AI to write essays. Meanwhile, they can create convincing content in seconds and share it with thousands. Maybe the AI conversation isn’t really about the essay.
Graphic showing a red and white striped hat beside a laptop and notebook on a classroom desk. Text reads, “Maybe the AI conversation isn’t really about the essay.” The words “the essay” appear in hot pink, with the Brooke Powers logo at the bottom.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On International Literacy Day, a reminder of why this work matters so much. Reading opens up stories, information, ideas, opportunities, and the ability to decide for yourself what you think about all of it. Every kid deserves to be a reader.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pop culture + math + leadership? Obviously, I’m in. I’m bringing A Pop Culture Playbook for Bold Math Leaders to #NCSM26 in Denver! Monday, Oct. 26 2:45 p.m. Governors Square 14 Come talk film, music, media, math, joy & bold leadership with me.
Navy and hot pink graphic announcing Brooke Powers’ NCSM 2026 session, “A Pop Culture Playbook for Bold Math Leaders.” The session is Monday, October 26, from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. MDT in Governors Square 14. The NCSM Elevate Denver conference logo appears alongside Brooke Powers’ pink signature logo.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Apparently, this week I’m stuck on all things Dolly. A career is what you build. A legacy is what keeps going without you. Millions of kids will keep getting books because Dolly decided that mattered. That’s a legacy.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sometimes the most important thing a leader can say is, “I messed up.” Or even, “Yeah, this situation is messed up.” You don’t have to complain about it forever, but pretending everything is fine when the room is clearly on fire doesn’t help anyone. Acknowledge it. Then figure out what’s next.
Graphic with a navy background and white and hot pink text reading, “Sometimes leadership starts with acknowledging what everyone already knows.” The word “acknowledging” is highlighted in hot pink, with the Brooke Powers logo at the bottom.
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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Loved seeing @lbrookepowers.bsky.social & @heidisabnani.bsky.social #LitMath26. ❤️Brooke’s Hollywood vs the Classroom “The goal isn’t to turn the volume all the way down. It’s to turn the thinking all the way up.” “Joy is not the reward for learning. Joy fuels learning.” #ElemMathChat #MTBoS
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Ever notice how much of what we think teaching should look like comes from movies instead of classrooms? That question sent me down a rabbit hole...and eventually became my newest presentation. Can't wait to share Hollywood vs. the Classroom at #OURHIVE and then #NCTM #NCTE in August. 🎬🍿
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
What if “misconceptions” are actually students making sense of math in real time? Shift the lens → build on their thinking → more students see themselves as mathematicians. Join us on April 14 and 28 to learn more. www.openupresources.org/eventdetail/...
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
April newsletter is out 👀 Pop culture ideas, what I’m reading + watching, and a few things I can’t stop thinking about. Sign up on my site if you want the next one. www.brooke-powers.com
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Students compliant but not really engaged? Tonight 6 PM ET we’re breaking down 5 classroom structures that actually build thinking, collaboration, and real outcomes. Not more strategies. Better structures. Join us 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I love this take!
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Pop culture meets math leadership. Ted Lasso. Abbott Elementary. Taylor Swift. Join me at CMC Central for Leading Boldly: Lessons in Coaching, Culture, and Courage from Pop Culture Icons. Sat 3/14 1:10–2:20 PM Mechanics Bank Tap Room @cmccentral.bsky.social
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
March speaking schedule 📍 March 10 KCM Conference | Lexington, KY March 14 CMC Central | Bakersfield, CA March 25 NCSM Virtual Coaching Lab Hope to see some of you along the way!
Graphic titled “March 2026 Schedule” featuring educator and speaker Brooke Powers. The design has a navy background with pink accents and includes a headshot of Brooke on the right and her signature logo at the bottom. The schedule lists three speaking engagements: March 10 at the KCM Conference in Lexington, Kentucky presenting “Routines That Work: Supporting Math Discourse for All Learners”; March 14 at CMC Central in Bakersfield, California presenting “Leading Boldly: Lessons in Coaching, Culture, and Courage from Pop Culture Icons”; and March 25 at the NCSM Virtual Coaching Lab presenting “Be Curious, Not Judgmental: Coaching That Builds Trust, Clarity, and Real Change.”
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
100th Day of School idea for Pre K: Stop chanting 100. Start building it. We: • Built 10 towers of 10 cubes • Stacked 100 cups • Did 10 moves × 10 • Made snack mix with 10 groups of 10 Real number sense > cute worksheets. Full blog here: www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/100... #ElemMathChat
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100th Day of School Ideas for Pre K That Build Real Number Sense — Brooke Powers — Bold Leadership, Real Talk, Lasting Impact
Looking for meaningful 100th day of school ideas for Pre K? This post shares four simple, hands on centers that help young children truly understand 100 through movement, building, art, and snack mix ...
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Well this was too fun! Back to watching the Olympics for me but thank you so much for joining and helping me think about asking better questions! #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Q8: The questions we ask either reinforce that math belongs to a few or expand it to everyone in the room. If tomorrow we asked more questions that center Student thinking we would not just improve instruction. We would reshape who sees themselves as a mathematician. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Q8 I would shift toward Qs that uncover how students are making sense of ideas What are you seeing? What are you trying? Why does that work? When questions are rooted in curiosity rather than correctness, they experience math as something they participate in not something they survive #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Q8: I would stop using questions to evaluate students and start using them to understand them. Too often our questions are subtle checkpoints. We ask to see who got it. Who is fast. Who is right. Even when we do not mean to, that communicates that math is about performance. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes! I love this idea!
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A7: When I ask students to explain, justify, connect, or represent, I am communicating that their thinking matters. If my questions only reward quick answers, I am unintentionally signaling that math belongs to the fast. Belonging is shaped by what we choose to value publicly. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes! And it is their idea regardless - so if we label it "misconception" it sends the idea that it is just "wrong". #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I am currently visualizing you chasing actual squirrels! 🐿️ #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Q6: Often the unexpected answer reveals an underlying structure or conception that is worth unpacking publicly. In a humanizing classrooms we talk about treating errors as contributions to the learning community. I also banned the word "misconception" #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A5: Instead of changing the task, I change the entry point through questions. What is a number you know that is close to 25? Can you represent your thinking visually? This allows multiple pathways while keeping the math intact. Differentiation becomes about access, not simplification. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Learning is a social construct ...❤️ #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A4: I intentionally ask students to connect to one another. Who solved it differently? Who can restate what Jordan said in your own words? In a humanizing clasroom I think we have to emphasize collective meaning making. Questions can signal that math is something we build together. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
And acutally listening! I am guilty sometimes of asking but then not really focusing on what they are saying! But their words are so valuable. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Notice and Wonder Woman 🦹‍♀️! #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A3: “What made that make sense to you?” It slows students down in a good way. It also normalizes that sense making is the goal, not speed. That shift is a start of changing classroom culture. Plus I usually learn a lot from their sense making! #ElemMathChat
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ElemMathChat @elemmathchat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#ElemMathChat Q3 What is one question you ask regularly that consistently surfaces student thinking? Drop the exact wording.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hello my live 30 miles apart and only see each other online and at conferences friend! I'll see you at KCM in a month! #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes! 100%!!!
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Well I love when I am in any of your sessions and you ask me to tell you more! #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A2: If I already know the answer I want, I am probably funneling. Inviting sounds like “How did you decide?” Funneling sounds like “Did you double first?” One preserves agency. The other narrows it. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes!!! I love asking the patterns questions especially! #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
IQ1: try to ask questions that name what I see instead of what I want. “I notice you broke apart 16. Can you say more about why?” That keeps ownership with the student. It positions them as a mathematician making decisions, not following my path. #ElemMathChat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes! My mind went straight to doubling and halving and how we elicit that thinking from them! #elemmathchat
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
That question shifts students from calculating to structuring. It invites them to see 25 as a quarter of 100 or as 5 × 5. In Humanizing Mathematics we talk about honoring structure before procedure. This question opens that door.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
One thing I’d ask is, “What did you notice about 25 before you chose a strategy?” #elemmathchat
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ElemMathChat @elemmathchat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#elemmathchat Warm-Up A student says: “I know 25 × 16 without using the standard algorithm.” Reminder: Be sure to use #ElemMathChat in your responses and in our chat tonight so we can see your thinking! How might they be thinking?
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hello hello all! Brooke Powers here from Lexington, KY! Just got home from seeing a University of Kentucky Women's basketball win and now ready to talk #elemmathchat!
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ElemMathChat @elemmathchat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Welcome to #ElemMathChat! We are so happy you are here! Thank you @lbrookepowers.bsky.social for leading our chat tonight!
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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Join #ElemMathChat TONIGHT at 8 pm CST 6 with Brooke Powers, @lbrookepowers.bsky.social, brooke.powers@openup.org We will explore using questioning to build community and differentiate math learning, and how purposeful questions invite student voice, surface thinking, and support every learner.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Olympics don’t need to be a theme to matter in math class. They can be context. Elapsed time, changing quantities, score comparisons, and real moments students already care about. I shared a few classroom examples from Humanizing Mathematics PreK–5 here: www.openupresources.org/resource/whe...
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When the Olympics Begin, So Does the Math - Open Up Resources
Even if the Olympics aren’t a big focus in your classroom, they’re part of the broader world students are growing up in—and that makes them a useful.
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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Join #ElemMathChat on 2/12/26 at 8 pm CST 6 with Brooke Powers, @lbrookepowers.bsky.social, brooke.powers@openup.org We will explore using questioning to build community and differentiate math learning, and how purposeful questions invite student voice, surface thinking, and support every learner.
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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Join #ElemMathChat on 2/12/26 at 8 pm CST 6 with Brooke Powers, @lbrookepowers.bsky.social, brooke.powers@openup.org We will explore using questioning to build community and differentiate math learning, and how purposeful questions invite student voice, surface thinking, and support every learner.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Two weeks. Two views. Same why. Beach days at GCSM ➝ mountain views at UCTM, surrounded by educators who care deeply about kids and classrooms. Proud to represent Open Up Resources and a vision for math instruction that’s human, thoughtful, and rooted in real learning.
Photo collage from recent math education conferences. Images include Brooke Powers with groups of educators, an Open Up Resources booth with materials on display, a Ted Lasso cutout used for photos, and scenic views of trees, beach light, and snow-covered mountains reflecting time spent in Jekyll Island and Utah.
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’m ready to see everyone at #UCTM at 1:00 today! Ted is ready too!
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Math 4 All @math4all.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Tywana Fulford & Brooke Powers will introduce us to Humanizing Mathematics, a new curriculum, and show us how it's different. www.facebook.com/math4allshow or tinyurl.com/5hdrd5zd @mollyvokey.bsky.social @heidisabnani.bsky.social #iteachmath #iteachmaths #math4all @tywanafulford @brookepowers
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Brooke Powers @lbrookepowers.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
January is full of meaningful conversations about math, leadership, and building classrooms where curiosity and identity matter. Grateful to learn alongside educators across the country this month. #HumanizingMath #MathEd
A navy blue graphic titled “Brooke Powers January Events” listing three upcoming education events. The first event is the Math 4 All Show on January 15 at 7:00 pm ET, featuring a conversation about centering identity, joy, and deep math learning to create humanizing mathematics classrooms. The second event is the GCSM Winter Conference on January 23 from 9:30–11:30 am ET, focused on Abbott Elementary–inspired leadership lessons for leading boldly in real school settings. The third event is UCTM 2026 on January 28 from 1:00–1:30 pm MT, titled “What Ted Lasso Gets Right in Math Class,” exploring curiosity-driven instruction that builds student confidence, reasoning, and mathematical identity.
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