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COVID pandemic creates rare opportunity for education reform, experts say Updated 7:38 AM; By Katie Lannan and Chris Lisinski | State House News Service Education advocates and experts told state senators on Wednesday that the disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis presents a unique opportunity to reform aspects of all levels of schooling and encouraged them to act before that moment passes Massachusetts by. “I think we’re in a very short window of opportunity, about a five-year window of opportunity, to make transformational, high-quality, systematic, sustainable changes in education, and I’m urgent about our following through on that,” Hardin Coleman of the Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development told members of a Senate committee. ....
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Massachusetts, other states need to increase spending for preschools, report says By Naomi Martin and Jeremy C. Fox Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated April 18, 2021, 11:59 p.m. Email to a Friend Massachusetts preschool enrollment increased by fewer than 300 children in 2019-2020, as the pandemic shifted those programs to remote learning in the middle of the school year, according to a national report that found most states donât provide enough funding to support all-day prekindergarten for all children. The stateâs prekindergarten enrollment included 37,543 students, with only 17 percent of 3-year-olds and 30 percent of 4-year-olds enrolled, according to The State of Preschool 2020, released Monday ....
With stimulus, federal government makes a massive investment in child care Massachusetts to reap more than $500 million By Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff,Updated March 14, 2021, 5:48 p.m. Email to a Friend Child-care providers have faced a changed landscape in the pandemic that made it dramatically harder to make ends meet.Craig F. Walker/Globe staff Child-care providers, whose shoestring survival has been tested by the pandemic conditions of the past year, are not only getting a belated lifeline from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan but also a sudden show of appreciation for their essential role to the economy. The beleaguered Massachusetts child-care system is expected to reap more than $500 million, according to the office of Representative Katherine Clark, the assistant speaker of the US House, including money that can be used to stabilize budgets, hire additional staff, or boost pay for overworked employees. ....
Clinton Township hires new assistant finance director. Clinton Township hires new assistant finance director CLINTON TOWNSHIP – Jessica Leija, has been promoted to assistant director of finance for Clinton Township. Leija has worked as an accountant for the Township’s Budget and Finance Department for more than eight years. She replaces Mary Hein, who became finance director in June 2020. “Mrs. Leija has played an integral role on our team since 2012,” said Hein. “During that time, she has demonstrated her knowledge of all aspects of the department by assisting with the annual audit, preparation of the budget, grant administration, and other daily responsibilities,” she said. ....