Center for American Progress looks at high child care costs
How bad are high child care costs? Even though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says families should only spend 7 percent of their income on child care, it turns out that working...
View ArticleA new report talks about child care
“America, It’s Time to Talk About Child Care.” That’s the title of a new report that declares what a lot of parents already know: America has a child care problem. “…the federal government does not...
View ArticleBoston identifies child care challenges — and tries out a solution
What makes child care work? Mayor Marty Walsh decided to find out by asking the city of Boston. “In 2019, we added an optional survey to the annual citywide census related to early education and...
View ArticleUsing data to map Boston’s child care landscape
Parents already know that it’s tough to find high-quality, affordable child care in Boston. Now, a new report — State of Early Education and Care in Boston: Supply, Demand, Affordability and Quality —...
View ArticleIn quotes: A Federal Reserve Bank of Boston article weighs in on child care
“When people ask me why it’s difficult to find high-quality early child care, one of the first things I bring up is how quality is too expensive for most parents. As a result, providers often don’t...
View ArticleA state-by-state look at child care policies
With State House Advocacy Day approaching on Thursday, it’s a good time to ask: How are states doing on child care? The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has taken a look – and summed up its...
View ArticleToday is Advocacy Day!
Today is Advocacy Day 2020 for Early Education & Care and School Age Programs and there are TWO ways to participate. You can come to the Massachusetts State House. Here’s the schedule: 9:30 a.m....
View ArticleA new strategic plan for the Department of Early Education and Care
To chart a course for the future, the Department of Early Education and Care has a new strategic plan. Please check it out, so you can keep up with the department and its work. “We cannot separate...
View ArticleFrom COVID-19’s devastation to stronger early education and care
COVID-19 has exposed long-term weaknesses in Massachusetts’ early education and care system – and made them worse, Joan Wasser Gish explains in a new CommonWealth Magazine article, “An early...
View ArticleBriana Lamari: A Strategies for Children intern at work in the middle of a...
Briana Lamari went to Stonehill College thinking she would be a high school English teacher. But after doing a school placement with a teacher who felt she couldn’t control what went on in her...
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