Deb Opar

NEW: Legislative staff in the Massachusetts Senate @BeaconHillUnion told Senate President Karen Spilka that they intend to unionize. In letter to Spilka, reps from a local of the @IBEW said a “strong majority” of around 200 staff had signed union cards bostonglobe.com/2022/04/05/met…

Watertown, it's good to see you! Thanks for having me to discuss much needed bold, urgent change and how we can build a Commonwealth that works for everyone at this afternoon's caucus.

@MisterSci Wonderful news. Congratulations!

Today, I was announced as a winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (#PAEMST). Feeling honored, humbled, and fired up to keep working for ALL students have access to scientific sense-making! (And stoked to meet Joe + Dr. Jill in DC soon!)

@inkyelbows @SimonKIDS @CurtisBrownLtd @SimonTeenCA @michaelianblack We loved having you join us and our students last year! You bring such joy, passion, and creativity to your work. An inspiration to us all.

Pride month gives teachers a chance to challenge themselves to center the histories and experiences of LGBTQ+ people in the classroom! This resource by @NYCSChools supports teachers in sharing LGBTQ+ narratives with students all year long. bit.ly/3peVhvt #edchat

Unpopular opinion but I’ll share it anyway: principals have been amazing this schoolyear. Thankless job. Angry parents. Constantly changing directives from politicians. Staff feeling beat down. Kids in crisis. And they showed up amid the chaos and did their best.

We will use the WNDB platform to promote anti-racism and #BlackLivesMatter resources and literature for children and adults, starting with these (which we will update continuously): diversebooks.org/resources-for-… If you have a resource to add, please email alainalavoie@diversebooks.org

@inkyelbows Loving this! You are so talented.

So grateful to the team that put this compilation video together sharing more of my story & exposing my curly mane days 😂 1 more day til March 2nd! Let's GOTV! juan4rep.us/gotv #mapoli #bospoli 🎥video by @Aochery

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! I'll be sharing some #kidlit recs throughout the month to celebrate. First up: The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander-- a poem-tribute to Black life in the US, about the traumas and triumphs, the "dreamers" and "doers"

"For American educators, it's a great day for you all. You are going to have one of your own in the White House." --President-elect Joe Biden talking about the new First Lady, Jill Biden

@justjamers @blueapron We will have to give it a try. Thanks 🤓

@DeborahOpar @blueapron Yes! Our boxes were always missing ingredients... we switched to Plated and love it.

The first box we recieved was missing celery and lemongrass... @blueapron I want to love you - is this typical?

What? There is a @Gastropodcast all about cheese?! Yes! And no, I'm not referring to our cat, Cheese, though she appreciated the episode as well.

Good summary of time-tested strategies for reading. #elachat #ncte edutopia.org/article/trait-…

Sample scale for generating claims, evidence, and reasoning at grade 8. While there are many ways to create scales and rubrics, I recommend this format. #NASOT

How to Boost Academic Rigor. #edchat #rigor #teachers #classroom #k12 #highschool #ncte #elearning #ukedchat

Looking forward to tomorrow's Educator Exchange meetup at LaFabrica in Cambridge. Focus is on Design Thinking in education. Free and open to all MA educators! #DesignThinking @TheTeacherCoLab #CambMA theteachercollaborative.org/edex/