January 31, 2025
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Children are naturally drawn to exploring the natural world, yet helping them understand complex topics like sustainability and environmental stewardship can be challenging. How can early educators transform potentially overwhelming discussions about climate change into empowering conversations that inspire young … Continue reading
November 26, 2024
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KARE 11 News in Minneapolis reported on research by Songtian (Tim) Zeng Ph.D. BCBA-D, Affiliated Faculty of Early Education Leaders, showing disparities in rates of preschool expulsion based on race, ability, and gender.
August 30, 2024
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Part Two of Becky DelVecchio, Ph.D’s essay documenting the founding of a nature- and play-based ECE program in Hopkinton, MA that she co-authored with early educator Sara Becker has been published by Exchange, a quarterly publication that focuses on early … 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).
November 27, 2023
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In this annual feature, Early Learning Nation asks early educators what they are thankful for. In this year’s piece, Early Childhood Fellow Danielle Grant shares that she is “thankful for teachers who take the time to learn.”
November 27, 2023
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This piece explores how Massachusetts early care and education providers are faring amid a nationwide child care crisis. “This is happening across the country, and Massachusetts is struggling to retain early educators in the workforce,” said Anne Douglass, founding executive … Continue reading
October 18, 2023
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With its Early Childhood Fellowship, the Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation at UMass Boston is creating a powerful pipeline of trained educators to grow the early childhood education workforce in the city of Boston.
February 18, 2022
by Anne Douglass
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In an oped for The Conversation, Professor Anne Douglass writes about the impact of entrepreneurial leadership training on the childcare and early education workforce: When directors and administrators of early learning centers are trained in entrepreneurial leadership, innovation becomes a … Continue reading
November 23, 2021
by Anne Douglass
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UMass Boston newsroom reporter Gray Milkowski interviewed Yujin Lee, a doctoral candidate and research assistant at the Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation about her innovative and ground breaking research on culturally and linguistically diversity among children in Head … Continue reading