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Elissa Levy

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…

Sep 6, 2023

Adult professionals sitting around a conference table

Sep 6, 2023

A climate-changed year of teacher professional development

Note: I engaged in this work as a Siegel Fellow at STEMteachersNYC.

Jun 28, 2023

A climate-changed year of teacher professional development

Jun 28, 2023

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Professional Development with a Little Help from My Friends

Informal intervisitations are indeed invaluable

Apr 24, 2023

Professional Development with a Little Help from My Friends

Apr 24, 2023

It’s a phenomenon… don’t you think?

Sung to the tune of Alanis Morissette’s Ironic

May 16, 2022

It’s a phenomenon… don’t you think?

May 16, 2022

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Cogenerative Dialogues As a Tool for Healing

You’re probably already doing it. Now, do it deliberately.

Apr 19, 2022

Levy meeting in a circle with eight students

Apr 19, 2022

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Age of Awareness

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…

Feb 27, 2022

Why Marginal Tax Rates Belong In Physics Class

Feb 27, 2022

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Pandemic Fallout in the Classroom

When every day just isn’t their day

Dec 6, 2021

Pandemic Fallout in the Classroom

Dec 6, 2021

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Machine Learning is for Humans

How to do it and teach it too

Sep 8, 2021

Machine learning algorithm was trained to recognize headphones and water bottle, which it correctly identified. And it couldn’t recognize my face, because it wasn’t trained to so do.

Sep 8, 2021

My “why”

Why I teach high school physics and computer science in New York City

Aug 24, 2021

My “why”

Aug 24, 2021

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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…

Aug 24, 2021

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

Aug 24, 2021

Elissa Levy

Elissa Levy

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

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