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Staffing shortages and turnover have been problems in early education for years, but the pandemic took those issues from bad to worse. The child care workforce in Massachusetts is now 12% smaller than it was before the pandemic.

WBUR’s Max Larkin joined Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss.

The rampant spread of the omicron variant has caused concern and disruption as schools return from the holidays this week.

After his remote school days, Will Brown walks around Mattapan and Dorchester to "refocus." (Max Larkin/WBUR) Take away Will Brown’s commute to and from his home on the Dorchester-Mattapan line — and he gets  time to think. “After a school day, I normally go for a walk and just listen to some tunes," Brown says. "Just... refocus myself, you know?” Brown, a junior at Boston Arts Academy, is still learning entirely remotely. So in the afternoons, instead of a crowded bus from the Fenwa...

POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Monday! MAILING IT IN — Beacon Hill lawmakers passed a vote by ma...

It’s been nearly a year since Massachusetts schools closed due to the pandemic, and state education officials are taking steps to get some of those schools fully reopened by April.

Here is the  Radio Boston rundown for Feb. 23. Tiziana Dearing is our host. This morning, Massachusetts State Rep. Jon Santiago officially entered the race to be the next mayor of Boston. He joins us to talk about why he decided to run and what he sees as the most important issues facing the city. The Massachusetts vaccine appointment website is back up and running, but many are still bitter about it crashing last week when about a million more people became eligible for vaccination. State law...

Riley will ask members of the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to authorize him to move forward with this plan at a meeting next month.

Massachusetts’ 15 community colleges had already hit a rough patch before 2020. Enrollment and tuition revenue had been falling for nearly a decade, while costs rose. Then the pandemic struck.

POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. BIDENS BOOSTER SHOT — The Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Massachusetts ha...