Please join us for Advocacy Day for Early Ed & Care and School Age programs – next Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023, in the Great Hall at the Massachusetts State House! Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. The program of speakers starts at 10 a.m. Meetings with state legislators start at 11:15 a.m. And, of course, […]
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Join us for Advocacy Day
Posted in COVID-19, Early educators, MA Legislature, Massachusetts Cities and Towns, Pre-kindergarten, Strategies for Children, tagged #earlyed, #ece, #InvestInChildCare, #mapoli, #MARunsOnChildCare on March 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Advocacy Day Recap
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, Funding, Head Start, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation on March 10, 2020| 1 Comment »
Last week, 350 people (many of them strategically wearing red) came to the Massachusetts State House for Advocacy Day for Early Education & Care and School Age Programs. The morning started with speeches from legislators and the commissioner of Early Education and Care – as well as remarks from a parent and […]
In quotes: Advocacy Day 2020
Posted in Early educators, Family engagement, MA Legislature, Massachusetts Cities and Towns on March 6, 2020| 1 Comment »
“As a constituent, I am grateful for the services offered,” Nairobi Woodberry, a Framingham mother of three, said yesterday at Advocacy Day 2020 about the early education and care support she has received, including a booklet with information about Framingham’s public parks and school contact information as well as advice on how to […]
Today is Advocacy Day!
Posted in Cost and affordability, Early educators, Family engagement, Head Start, MA Legislature, MA state budget on March 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Today is Advocacy Day 2020 for Early Education & Care and School Age Programs and there are TWO ways to participate. You can come to the Massachusetts State House. Here’s the schedule: 9:30 a.m. Registration in the Great Hall 10:00 a.m. Speakers – including Early Education and Care Commissioner Samantha Aigner-Treworgy 11:15 a.m. Meetings […]
Get ready for Advocacy Day: Thursday, March 5, 2020
Posted in Early educators, Facilities, Family engagement, MA Legislature, Strategies for Children on February 25, 2020| 3 Comments »
It is time to get ready for Advocacy Day! This year, Advocacy Day for Early Education & Care and School Age Programs will be on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. at the Massachusetts State House. Please note that there are two ways to participate! You can go to the State House. Or: […]
Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, MA governor, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Pre-kindergarten on March 14, 2019| 3 Comments »
Yesterday, more than 250 early educators, advocates, and parents came to the Massachusetts State House to meet and to ask their legislators to support early education and care. “This should be one of our top priorities,” House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) said at the event. “What you do is of critical importance,” Representative Alice […]
Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House – March 13, 2019
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, MA Legislature, Pre-kindergarten on March 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Come to the State House for Advocacy Day on Wednesday, March 13, 2019! Join early educators, advocates, and parents from across the state who will gather in the Great Hall in the Massachusetts State House. Last year’s Advocacy Day was great. This year’s should be even better. Confirmed speakers to date include: House Speaker […]
Advocacy Day at the State House
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, Funding, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Pre-kindergarten on April 24, 2018| 4 Comments »
Yesterday, hundreds of early educators from across the state — many wearing green and snapping cell phone pictures – gathered for a rally at the State House steps for Advocacy Day. An upbeat band, featuring tuba and trombone players, wove through the crowd, filling Beacon Street with music. “It really is about […]
In Quotes: Advocacy Day Voices
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, Funding, MA Legislature, Quotes, Strategies for Children, tagged #earlyed, #ece, #investinus, #mapoli, #valueearlyeducators on March 25, 2016| 1 Comment »
This past Thursday was Advocacy Day at the State House, and hundreds of passionate early education supporters told their stories about educating young children to members of the state Legislature. Here are some of the event’s Tweets, quotes, and photos gathered from Twitter, the State House News Service, WWLP, and Advocacy Day participants. To learn […]
Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House – Tomorrow
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Early Education Advocacy Day at the State House Thursday March 24 10 a.m. in the Gardner Auditorium It’s a terrific time to meet with your legislators and tell them about the importance of early education and care. As the “Put Massachusetts Kids First” coalition explains on its website: “Massachusetts state Representatives and Senators […]
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Eye on Early Education is a blog of Strategies for Children, an organization that works to ensure that Massachusetts invests the resources needed for all children, from birth to age five, to access high-quality early education programs that prepare them for success in school and life. The blogger, Alyssa Haywoode, comes to Eye on Early Education after a career in journalism. -
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