MADCA - Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care

Congratulations to our friends at For Kids Only!

Thank you Speaker, , House Ways and Means Chair State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, and House Education Chair Alice Peisch for your leadership on early education. The House’s efforts in the FY 23 state budget are an important step towards stabilizing our programs and our educator workforce in order to create a more sustainable early education system.

Welcome Back Commissioner Amy Kershaw! We are looking forward to working with you again!

Nancy Pelosi, Jim McGovern use visit to Worcester to promote coming bill on universal pre-K The bill that includes free universal pre-K, paid family leave and addresses climate change could reach the House floor within a month.

MADCA - Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care is a proud member of ACT Against COVID, the Alliance for Comprehensive Testing. Continued widespread availability of COVID-19 tests will be essential to control the spread of new variants & protect communities. Learn more: actagainstcovid.com

Hearing Details - Senate Committee on Reimagining Massachusetts Post-Pandemic Resiliency Please enter your email address. If there is an account associated with that address, a password reset link will be mailed to you.

After-school programs suffer school reopening whiplash - The Boston Globe Once again, they're contending with major logistical challenges on shoestring budgets.

Why Child Care Staff Had to Show Up While Teachers Worked Remotely The pandemic has spotlighted disparities in working conditions between child care workers and teachers.

Massachusetts to offer educator-only vaccine days at mass vaccination sites - The Boston Globe Educator-only vaccine days will be held on March 27, April 3, April 10, and April 11.

Great news for our teachers and staff who have been working in person since June 29th! Hopefully this will help us to continue to keep everyone safe and healthy!

"...Governor Charlie Baker plans to open vaccine eligibility to about 400,000 K-12 educators, other school staff, and child-care workers next week, allowing them to begin signing up for coronavirus vaccine appointments at Massachusetts vaccination sites on March 11."

K-12 teachers, school staff eligible for vaccine appointments at state sites March 11, Baker says - The Boston Globe Facing pressure from President Biden, state legislators, and teachers' unions, Governor Charlie Baker announced Wednesday that K-12 educators, other school staff, and child-care workers will be eligible to start signing up to receive the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts at the state’s vaccinat...

Well said!

Opinion | School Is (Whisper It) a Form of Child Care And child care, at its best, fosters children’s development. So how did we come to treat them so differently?