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Sep 6

What physics teachers need now

As a Siegel Fellow at STEMteachersNYC this summer, I was tasked with answering the question, “What do physics teachers need now?” The high…

Physics

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What physics teachers need now
What physics teachers need now
Physics

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Jun 28

A climate-changed year of teacher professional development

​Note: I engaged in this work as a Siegel Fellow at STEMteachersNYC. Climate change had always felt abstract to me. Yes, I understand scientific models’ predictions about the future of our ecosystems; yes, I’ve taught students who are climate refugees; and yes, I’ve worked in a variety of activism…

Climate Justice

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A climate-changed year of teacher professional development
A climate-changed year of teacher professional development
Climate Justice

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·Apr 24

Professional Development with a Little Help from My Friends

Informal intervisitations are indeed invaluable — (Note: some of the work discussed below was supported by the Siegel Family Fellowship through STEMteachersNYC.)

Teaching

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Professional Development with a Little Help from My Friends
Professional Development with a Little Help from My Friends
Teaching

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May 16, 2022

It’s a phenomenon… don’t you think?

Sung to the tune of Alanis Morissette’s Ironic (Writing lyrics is a departure from my usual Medium fare, but I do enjoy parodizing from time to time — especially when it comes to NGSS 😉. …

Parody Song Lyrics

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It’s a phenomenon… don’t you think?
It’s a phenomenon… don’t you think?
Parody Song Lyrics

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·Apr 19, 2022

Cogenerative Dialogues As a Tool for Healing

You’re probably already doing it. Now, do it deliberately. — (with many thanks to Brian Palacios) I first encountered the term “cogenerative dialogue” in 2017 when, as a brand new teacher, I read Christopher Emdin’s For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood. Prior to my teaching career, I inhabited relatively privileged, predominantly white spaces: a New Jersey suburb, an…

Students

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Cogenerative Dialogues As a Tool for Healing
Cogenerative Dialogues As a Tool for Healing
Students

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Age of Awareness

·Feb 27, 2022

Why Marginal Tax Rates Belong In Physics Class

It’s tax season, which means most adults in the US are currently figuring out how to file their taxes, and most kids vaguely know about taxes as a thing they’ll need to do in the future. …

Taxes

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Why Marginal Tax Rates Belong In Physics Class
Why Marginal Tax Rates Belong In Physics Class
Taxes

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Educate.

·Dec 6, 2021

Pandemic Fallout in the Classroom

When every day just isn’t their day — This isn’t about teacher burnout, although I first put pen to paper after a particularly grueling day at work. This is about how pandemic trauma manifests in America’s teens, how we see it in the high school classroom, and how it’s affecting a generation. I’ve heard many education-adjacent professionals suggest…

Pandemic

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Pandemic Fallout in the Classroom
Pandemic Fallout in the Classroom
Pandemic

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Educate.

·Sep 8, 2021

Machine Learning is for Humans

How to do it and teach it too — Note: this post was written jointly by Greg Benedis-Grab and Elissa Levy, to show how we teach the math of machine learning to high schoolers and to high school teachers. Introduction We (Greg and Elissa) met while teaching coding to high school students with Upperline Code. About a year later…

Machine Learning

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Machine Learning is for Humans
Machine Learning is for Humans
Machine Learning

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Aug 24, 2021

My “why”

Why I teach high school physics and computer science in New York City I am proud to say I earned tenure this year. It’s in my nature to be always reflecting, but the tenure process catalyzed a deeper articulation of my “why.” …

Mwc Work

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My “why”
My “why”
Mwc Work

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·Aug 24, 2021

My Students Are More Prepared for College Now Than They Have Ever Been Before

I’ll be the first to admit it: this past school year, my high school physics students learned far, far less physics than in any other year of my career. It’s not surprising: live classes met twice a week instead of daily, and over half of that time was spent on…

Pandemic

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My Students Are More Prepared for College Now Than They Have Ever Been Before
My Students Are More Prepared for College Now Than They Have Ever Been Before
Pandemic

6 min read

Elissa Levy

Elissa Levy

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I teach physics in Virginia and facilitate workshops nationally. I aim to engage.

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