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Governor Maura Healey during a press conference at the Melnea Cass recreational complex in Roxbury on January 31, 2024. The Healey-Driscoll Administration granted Woburn Council of Social Concern $500,000 as part of the Early Education and Out of School Time capital grant. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Early education, childcare programs to implement renovations with EEOST grant allocations

Camille Bugayong September 9, 2024
The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $8.5 million in early education and out-of-school time capital funding grants to 20 organizations across Massachusetts with the goal of renovating early education and childcare program facilities that serve primarily low-income families.
Jessica Carangui, a lead preschool teacher at the Boston University Children’s Center. BUCC teachers unionized last August but are still negotiating contracts over a year later. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Not sustainable anymore’: BU Children’s Center teachers’ union continues to fight for contract

Anjali Byju December 8, 2023
Boston University Children’s Center teachers unionized in an effort to address understaffing and low pay and to achieve a voice on the job in August 2022.
East to West: Sept 19. 2022

East to West: Sept 19. 2022

Ellen Maloney September 19, 2022

ARRGGG, matey! Happy International Talk like a pirate day! Today on East to West we cover Starbucks demanding union strikers to move off property, a $500,000 increase in funding for BU student organizations,...

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Boston University Children’s Center teachers vote to unionize with SEIU Local 888

Talia Lissauer September 12, 2022
Teachers at Boston University Children’s Center voted unanimously to unionize
Haley Alvarez-Lauto / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill endangers health, well-being of LGBTQ youth

Bailey Salimes March 31, 2022
No student — no matter what age — should be prohibited from exploring who they are and identifying themselves.
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City Council endorses statewide child care assistance bill

Madison Mercado April 6, 2021
The Common Start bill would provide public funding for affordable early education and child care.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Children must re-enter the classroom to further their development

Editors March 26, 2021
Advancing the development of the next generation is too important to halt any longer.
Seema Thakkar/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Wellness Day did not go well

Editors March 25, 2021
BU could've created a creative and meaningful alternative to Spring Recess. Instead, we got scraps.
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Pandemic brings unique challenges for ESL students, families

Isabella Abraham March 11, 2021
In public school private ESL programs and public English classes, both adult and K-12 ESL students are struggling with their education. Younger students in particular have difficulties adjusting to the in-home learning environment.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Intentional Evolution: Learn to love breakfast

Samantha Elizondo March 5, 2021
Whether to reduce stress, make an Instagram-worthy smoothie bowl or simply start your morning off right, making breakfast for yourself every morning is a healthy habit.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Advanced, gifted programs in public school systems are inequitable, require updating

Editors March 2, 2021
Rather than attaching a label to young children, we could invest in a schoolwide enrichment model that is available to all students, allowing for more equitable and healthy academic growth.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: University’s vaccine distribution depends on improvements at the state level

Editors February 26, 2021
It’s understandable that the government was unprepared for the crisis and vaccine supplies are low nationwide. It’s up to Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and the federal government to increase supply to meet the demands. However, the state should re-evaluate its distribution plan so it is more equitable for all. 
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