The workforce that powers our economy is in crisis. Early education is essential infrastructure for a healthy economy. Yet over the past decade, a childcare crisis has arisen, with the…
This post is part of a special series about the workforce challenges our region faces and how we’re partnering to address them. Last week’s employment data from the Massachusetts Executive Office of…
As our region recovers, thousands of children and families are at risk of being left behind. Here are three urgent issues we can address, now. Covid-19 is a once-in-a-generation crisis…
Over the past 18 months, remote learning brought a whole new set of challenges for children and families, particularly those in communities that were disproportionately hit by Covid-19. Enrollments dropped…
Turning this point in time into a moment in time when we achieve housing justice for all COVID-19 has pushed an already under-resourced and overstretched shelter system to the brink.…
Many of us spent last week giving good riddance to 2020, while expressing hope and optimism for 2021 and the promise that it held for our lives and our communities to be better. But the storming of…
Eviction: Put Your Thinking to the Test With the expiration of the Massachusetts ban on Saturday, eviction is in the public consciousness now more than any time in memory. While…
As the nation prepares to celebrate Labor Day, we honor our region’s essential workers, who continue to support and sustain all of us through this pandemic. We also renew our call to fight for policies like emergency paid…
“It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.” These words were spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln…
Over a third of early educators in Massachusetts rely on public assistance to make ends meet. These preschool teachers, family child care providers, and infant/toddler caregivers are teaching the state’s…