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Meet our summer interns

Posted in Child care, COVID-19, Dept. of Early Education and Care, English language learners, Language development, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Massachusetts Cities and Towns, National, Pre-kindergarten, Strategies for Children on July 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Melissa Charles I am a student at Bunker Hill Community College pursuing my associate degree. However, this fall I will transfer to Smith College and study economics. I was born in Geneva Switzerland and left the country at age three. By the time I started kindergarten in the United States, French and Haitian Creole were […]

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Our Interns

Posted in Cost and affordability, COVID-19, MA state budget, Strategies for Children on November 17, 2020| 1 Comment »

Here at Strategies for Children, interns are an important part of the work we do. Interns help us with advocacy, research, and social media. And they ask important questions and contribute new ideas, enabling us to expand our reach. Currently, we have three interns whom we’re happy to introduce: Teresia Kiragu, Nicole Simonson, and Abigail Usherwood. […]

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Our Interns

Posted in Massachusetts Cities and Towns, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation, Strategies for Children on March 19, 2019| 3 Comments »

Interns are an important part of our community here at Strategies for Children. They bring fresh eyes and new ideas, and they enable us to extend our reach in the work we do with communities and legislators. Currently, we have four interns whom we’re happy to introduce: Vivian Terkel-Gat, Annapurna Ayyappan, Marisa Fear, and Casey Peeks. Here’s […]

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Our Summer 2018 interns

Posted in Early educators, MA Legislature, Strategies for Children on July 12, 2018| 2 Comments »

Here at Strategies for Children, we’ve been lucky to have a first-rate group of interns. They help us expand our research, outreach, and advocacy. Currently, we have three interns whom we’re happy to introduce: Anna Lenihan, Alexis Rickmers, and Becca Smith. Here’s a little more about each of them.   Anna Lenihan I am a […]

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Introducing Our Interns

Posted in Pre-kindergarten, Strategies for Children on March 23, 2017| 1 Comment »

Here at Strategies for Children (SFC), we have a history of working with great interns. They are college or graduate students who come to us with energy, passion, and creativity. They expand our reach and teach us to see new things. One of our most “famous” interns is Laura Healey, who joined our staff as […]

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Guest blog post by Cheyanne Nichter, a Strategies for Children intern

Posted in Child care, Early educators, Guest Blog, Multimedia, Research, Strategies for Children, tagged , , , on April 12, 2022| 1 Comment »

This Spring, I will be graduating from Bunker Hill Community College with honors and an associate degree in Early Childhood Development. Over the course of the semester I have been working as an intern for Strategies For Children, exploring issues and opportunities in our field as well as my own abilities and passions. I have also reevaluated […]

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Jenna Nguyen: A Strategies for Children intern on preschool expansion and local partnerships

Posted in Child care, Early educators, Funding, Massachusetts Cities and Towns, Pre-kindergarten, Strategies for Children, tagged , on March 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This is a guest blog by Strategies for Children intern Jenna Nguyen. Jenna is a master’s student in the Human Development and Education program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a Zaentz Fellow.  It has been an absolute pleasure and honor to be a Strategies for Children intern. Strategies has not only reinvigorated my […]

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The pandemic highlights gender inequality in the workplace

Posted in Business and economy, Child care, COVID-19, Federal, Funding, National, Pre-kindergarten on May 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the United States to acknowledge how weak its child care system is – and how child care’s struggles can quickly create chaos for working mothers. Abigail Usherwood, a Strategies for Children intern, explores this issue in the newly released policy brief, “COVID-19 and Gender Inequality in the Workforce.” Even before […]

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Guest blog post: Nicole Simonson on young children’s mental health

Posted in Child care, COVID-19, Guest Blog, Infants and toddlers, Social-emotional development, Strategies for Children on April 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »

During this extremely unique and challenging year, I have had the privilege of interning with Strategies for Children through my graduate program in Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. I am also an elementary school social worker as well as a mother of two young boys, one of whom is […]

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Leading the Way: Sarah Mills — from preschool teacher to legislative aide

Posted in Child care, Cost and affordability, COVID-19, Diversity equity and inclusion, Early educators, Family engagement, Infants and toddlers, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation on January 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

How do you go from being a preschool teacher to working as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts State House?  For Sarah Mills, it’s all about loving the work of interacting with young children.  In elementary and middle school, Mills enjoyed helping out with infants and toddlers who were enrolled in her public school’s preschool […]

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