April 15, 2024
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The Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation (“Leadership Institute”) at UMass Boston is pleased to announce the 11th annual Leadership Forum on Early Education Research, Policy, and Practice (“Leadership Forum) will take place May 4 from 9:30 a.m. – … Continue reading
March 1, 2024
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Initially, neither Maureen Myers nor Katie Shanley was enthusiastic about joining UMass Boston’s Early Childhood Support Organization (ECSO), a multi-year program for center-based ECE teams looking to build their capacity to provide the highest-quality learning experiences for the children and … Continue reading
February 22, 2024
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Alums of our Leading for Change program recently gathered together at the Community Room at the Salty City Market in Syracuse to reconnect, share stories—and laugh! Leading for Change is offered in upstate New York through our partnership with the … Continue reading
February 5, 2024
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The work of the Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation is to cultivate racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse early education leadership and drive systems change throughout the field so that all early educators, young children, and their families thrive. … Continue reading
January 9, 2024
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Ami Patel and Julie Smith became fast friends at the first meeting of their Early Education Leadership Fellowship cohort in the Post-Master’s Certificate in Early Education Research, Policy, and Practice (PMC) program, bonding immediately over the realization that both were … Continue reading
January 3, 2024
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A story by the Boston Globe about the likely impact that the end of pandemic-era grants will have on early education programs reported on key findings from “Initial Findings on Utilization, Employment, and Financial Assistance,” a research policy brief by … Continue reading
November 27, 2023
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State House News Service reported on key findings from “Initial Findings on Utilization, Employment, and Financial Assistance,” a research policy brief by the UMass Boston Early Ed Cost and Usage Simulator Project (CUSP).
October 11, 2023
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A multidisciplinary team from UMass Boston has developed a simulator to produce estimates of key impacts of proposed legislation in Massachusetts to expand access to affordable, quality child care and early education. Led by the Institute for Early Education Leadership … Continue reading
October 2, 2023
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WHAT: Research Brief Release and Presentation: Estimating the Impacts of Legislation to Expand Affordable Quality Child Care and Early Education in Massachusetts: Initial Findings on Utilization, Employment, and Financial Assistance WHO: UMass Boston Early Education CUSP (Cost and Usage Simulator … Continue reading
August 17, 2023
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Instructional Leadership for Continuous Improvement in ECE is for program directors* and their teaching staff from group child care and out of school time programs. Participants enroll as a team and teams learn about organizational change and strategies that promote … Continue reading