Josué Cordones
Doctoral Student
Josué (he/his) is a high school mathematics teacher at Bronx Collaborative High School, a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools/Consortium Schools of New York. He has taught secondary mathematics for over a decade and currently also teaches introductory mathematics courses to incarcerated men through the Bard Prison Initiative.
Josué work across public school and prison education contexts has shaped his scholarly focus on equitable mathematics assessment, particularly how formative assessment and feedback practices can support full participation, belonging, and student agency. Josué is a Math for America Fellow and Master Teacher, where he has spent over a decade facilitating professional learning focused on developing students’ mathematical thinking and supporting teachers in enacting equity-centered formative assessment practices.
- M.A. Secondary Mathematics Education, CUNY The City College
- B.A. in Mathematics, CUNY Lehman College
Related Professional Experience
- Adjunct Professor, Bard Prison Initiative
Conference Presentations
- Beyond Numbers: Empowering Marginalized Voices and Reimagining Assessment in the Pursuit of Math Literate Citizens, Critical Issue in Mathematics Education 2025, UC Berkeley
- Formative Assessment as a Pathway to Equitable Mathematical Citizenship, Joint Mathematics Meetings, 2026, Washington D.C
- Equity-centered formative assessment in secondary mathematics
- Teacher assessment literacy and feedback practices
- Sociocultural approaches to assessment