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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 Fenway, you'll find him walking through his neighborhood and reflecting on his life so far — to a so...
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