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Mark Alcorn

@mark4math.bsky.social
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Supporting educators in providing math learning spaces where we expect brilliance from each and every student. posts/likes/retweets are my views

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Mark Alcorn @mark4math.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This is pretty cool!
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TODOS: Mathematics for ALL @todos-math.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Check out our NEW website! www.todos-math.org What’s new? A clean, intuitive design Powerful search function Highlighted content for educators, families and leaders Easier access to TEEM, TODOS Live! and more…
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Home - TODOS
At TODOS, we believe every student deserves access to mathematics that reflects their brilliance, culture, language and lived experience.
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Mark Alcorn @mark4math.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Check out “Designing at the Margins” for lots of wisdom around lesson design, curiosity and math equity! #UDL familymath.org/blog/
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Mark Alcorn @mark4math.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
What a great “notice and wonder” for the first school day of 2025!
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Rachel Lambert, prof at UCSB, teacher! @mathematize4all.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Hey I made my first Facebook group for UDL Math! Hoping to spark conversations about accessibility, engagement, meaning-making, neurodiversity, empathy, student strengths (and on and on) in mathematics. Hoping to see conversation and sharing that supports teachers. www.facebook.com/groups/58373...
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Mark Alcorn @mark4math.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
“But sometimes instinct can lead a mathematician astray” - lots of nice pieces to share with educators and students here: apple.news/AM65mI0keTTy...
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Mathematicians Just Debunked the ‘Bunkbed Conjecture’ — WIRED
This famous probability theory was intuitive, even obvious. It was also wrong.
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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I made this for a friend who was headed off to talk with first graders about circles last week. Which one doesn't belong?
two-by-two grid of shapes: purple borders against a tan background.
Upper left: a circle.
Upper right: a many-sided regular polygon.
Lower left: an ellipse at a jaunty angle.
Lower right: a square with very rounded corners.
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Mark Alcorn @mark4math.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/s...
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Why Democracy Lives and Dies by Math
A documentary filmmaker and a mathematician discuss our fear of numbers and its civic costs.
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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
New home for #wodb is live! talkingmathwithkids.com/wodb/ Still lots of tweaks forthcoming, but most of your faves are there and easy to find. #mtbos #iteachmath
talkingmathwithkids.com
wodb | Talking Math With Your Kids
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Mark Alcorn @mark4math.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
www.popsci.com/science/new-...
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Mathematicians define a new shape—and you've probably seen it
Soft cells can be found in nautilus shells, onions, and even famous architectural designs.
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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
New study finds high school teachers’ ability to effectively teach math to Black students, students’ negative perceptions of their math ability, and their lack of awareness about the intersection between math and their desired careers matter for students #iteachmath www.wested.org/wested-bulle...
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Black Students Provide Insights Into the Best Ways To Engage Them in High School Math
A new study finds that high school teachers’ ability to effectively teach math to Black students, students’ negative perceptions of their math ability, and their lack of awareness about the intersecti...
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Audrey Mendivil @audreymendivil.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
#SumOfItAll podcast will be back *next week* with a brand new season on #CultivatingHearts by Drs Zavala y Aguirre Grab your copy and join us as we begin, and make this a TK-12 conversation #iTeachMath Listen in on your favorite platform
Cultivating Mathematical Hearts: Culturally responsive mathematics teaching in elementary classrooms
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