THE STATE’S CHILD CARE system is operating below capacity due to workforce shortages. But Massachusetts isn’t alone. The shortage of qualified child care workers is a problem nationwide. In recent weeks, USA Today, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Business Insider, and Bloomberg have all reported on the issue. I have worked in early […]
Anne Douglass
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Crisis in early education and care demands action
IF THERE WAS ever any doubt that the state’s system of early education and care for very young children was on the brink of crisis with far-reaching consequences, the COVID-19 pandemic has erased it. Congresswoman Katherine Clark, whose bill to invest $50 billion in the sector was passed by the House of Representatives in July, recently said that a […]
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Mass. must do more to boost early education workforce
WHEN IT COMES TO education bonafides, Massachusetts has a lot to brag about. Horace Mann, the reformer who popularized the idea of free, universal education grew up in Franklin and served as the state’s first secretary of education from 1837 to 1848. The Bay State frequently tops popular lists by US News & World Report […]