They are taken behind closed doors but at-home, COVID-19 tests could open the door for people to go back to school or work after possible exposure to the virus..
Indiana s Child Care Workers Face Low Pay, Thin Margins - And The Pandemic Made It Worse
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Amber Gritter is a home daycare provider in Lafayette serving newborns to pre-teens. The pandemic has changed a lot of the day-to-day routines in her house. But there’s one big change in particular.
“The cleaning is insane,” she said. “I m constantly taking the toys out of their mouths and putting them in the ‘yuck bucket.’”
But as Gritter has watched her cleaning demands increase, she’s seen the cost of those products rise, too.
Mayoral candidate Michelle Wu calls for universal preschool, city office coordinating early education
By Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 8:01 a.m.
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Boston City Councilor-at-Large Michelle Wu took her sons, Blaise Pewarski, 6, and Cass Pewarski, 3, on a practice walk to the Charles Sumner School.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Mayoral candidate and City Councilor at Large Michelle Wu Tuesday will release an ambitious plan to create universal preschool and affordable child care for Boston children younger than 5 through a centralized city office that would guide parents through both processes.
Massachusetts is the second most expensive state in the country for child care, with costs rivaling that of home mortgages or college tuition. But high-quality early education delivers a solid return on investment that prepares children for later educational success, Wu said.