Nancy Elias

Teach For America '15. I'm an 8th grade English teacher in the Bronx and a graduate student at Fordham University. All views are my own.

[BORED @BoredElonMusk]

If most of us focus on how we can make the world a better place versus how someone else will make it a worse place, it'll be a better place.

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

Looking for a book to enjoy over the holidays? Here are some of my favorites from 2016.

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

#IGuessImWithHer 🙄

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

President Obama is a president I am so proud to call my own. You will be missed! #DemConvention

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

No snark or irony: Michelle Obama was just awesome. Makes you proud of a country in which such a speech is possible.

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Amazing how many people think "WH was built by slaves" was either over the top or just a metaphor. No, really, it was built by slaves.

[Salon @Salon]

When men like Trump are feminists for their daughters but not for their wives https://t.co/ZD5xaEI2ck

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Eternal Geek Wisdom: In life and in the Universe, may your signal be high, and your noise be low.

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

@teachKHT Tip No. 71: Engage parents with a classroom Twitter handle #140EduTips

[NYT Learning Network @NYTimesLearning]

Talking to Children About Race, Policing and Violence https://t.co/SzoO0QHxcs #edchat #sschat

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

If @MELANIATRUMP were my student she would receive an "F" for her speech at the #RNC2016 since even 8th graders know not to #plagiarize.

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

@mdx3232 it's part of a gender inequality unit for our English class. I'm looking for a way to make our male students feel included.

[Vox @voxdotcom]

The Catcher in the Rye is 65. Rereading it made me so glad I’m not a teenager anymore. https://t.co/3MkuZOiobJ

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

How do we teach #feminism in a way that is inclusive of the young men in the classroom? How do we show them that feminism is for them too?

[NASA @NASA]

In the year since @NASANewHorizons #PlutoFlyby, we’ve learned so much. What’s your favorite thing we’ve discovered?

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

"Poetry offers one of the best -and often most underused- resources for developing literacy foundations." #FordhamDLC

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

A way to develop out-of-the-box thinkers is to give them out-of-the-box tasks other than standardized tests #FordhamDLC

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

How, as educators, can we encourage @Snapchat use for its news and learning features and not just to take selfies? #FordhamDLC

[Elana Kook @GoalieChamp101]

#FordhamDLC is reminding me that it is probably time to start deleting my middle school profile pictures.

[Nancy Elias @Nansitheteacher]

@GoalieChamp101 gotta keep up with the young ones, you know?