November 15, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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We were proud to see our entrepreneurial leadership programming cited as an example of the type of training needed to support existing family child care owners in the city of Boston’s inaugural report on the state of early care and … Continue reading
September 1, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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“Entrepreneurial leadership” is one of those phrases that sounds impressive. But to those outside the field of leadership, it might not hold much meaning. So what is entrepreneurial leadership, exactly?
August 15, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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At this year’s State & Territory Administrators Meeting in Washington DC, Promise Venture Studio featured highlights from Early Futures, its conference featuring 52 innovative entrepreneurs in early care and education. They included the Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation, … Continue reading
July 18, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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This blog post for The Boston Foundation describes the ways we’ve been able to expand operational and management capacity with assistance from The Boston Foundation and Catchafire.
July 11, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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On June 26, Professor Banu Özkazanç-Pan, Ph.D., director of the Leadership Institute’s Early Educator Innovation Lab, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship about challenges faced by women and minorities as investors and entrepreneurs in the … Continue reading
May 30, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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In a letter to the Boston Globe in response to an oped claiming that the gender wage gap is a “myth,” Executive Director Anne Douglass, PhD, noted that the devaluation of work typically performed by women, such as the provision … Continue reading
April 10, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has commissioned UMass Boston’s Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation to conduct a statewide survey of early childhood educators. Led by Anne Douglass, executive director of Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation, this research study also draws … Continue reading
February 13, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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In an oped for Commonwealth Magazine, Professor Anne Douglass writes that low pay is driving the current shortage of educators for youngest children in Massachusetts.
February 5, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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In a blog post for the series Moving Beyond False Choices for Early Childhood Educators published by New America, Professor Anne Douglass writes early educators are being ignored in the push to enact reforms in the field of early care … Continue reading
January 11, 2019
by Anne Douglass
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In an oped for WGBH News, Professor Anne Douglass writes that as the 116th Congress gets underway, refiling the Child Care for Working Families Act should be on its to-do list.