Growing the Heart of the Commonwealth sets a community framework for early learning.
We’re making change happen today and every day. Check out our Blog, read local and national News about early childhood, and find recent publications, such as our Annual Report.
Our Blog
- 'I Feel More Prepared and Inspired to Continue Making a Difference in Children's Lives': Project Flourish Apprentice Grows as a Child Development Associate - September 24, 2025
- Teamwork for the Win! Itinerant Team Brings IEP Services to Children at Worcester Early Education & Care Programs - September 18, 2025
- Budget Breakdown: How Young Children Fared in Massachusetts's FY26 Budget - August 27, 2025
- Day of Play 2025 Is on the Way! Here's What You Need to Know - August 21, 2025
- Looking at Preschools? 10 Questions You Might Not Think to Ask (but Definitely Should) - July 24, 2025
News
- Kim Davenport Named CEO of Child Ed Organization Edward Street - December 25, 2025
- State Early Ed Officials Visit Worcester to Discuss Preschool - June 9, 2025
- Mass Child Care Vouchers Frozen as Need Soars - April 15, 2025
- Together for Kids Coalition: A Legacy of Advocacy and Action - March 26, 2025
- Childcare Costs, Access Remain a Challenge Despite Growth in MA - February 23, 2025
Podcasts
What’s the current state of childcare in Worcester and statewide? Kim discusses today’s challenges and opportunities, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications
- November 6, 2024 - November 6, 2024 - Cultivating Connections - We ushered in our 140th year and reflected on the power of collective communities and how that continues to fuel our work. With you, we are making tremendous legislative progress, empowering early educators with the tools they need to support our most vulnerable children, and championing joy and the community voices that are uplifting the work in elevating the need for accessible, high quality early education and care.
- January 20, 2024 - January 20, 2024 - Elevated - Together, we elevated systems of support, resources, and advocacy to help ensure the healthiest of starts for young children, their families and the early childhood education and care community. While we eagerly dove into the work of elevating and promoting early childhood success, we realized again that listening to children, their families, the colleagues we serve, and YOU is what brings about a community’s commitment to enhancing the lives of young children and families.
- March 2, 2023 - You Cared and We are Rebounding - With you, our youngest children began rebounding. We stepped out of the pandemic and found ways to meet the needs of recovery. Together, your partnership supported us in navigating new realities. We accelerated recovery, and re-imagined what our early education and care system needed. We also returned to joy. While we eagerly dove into the work of recovery, we realized again that listening to children held the key to rebounding.
- October 1, 2021 - Finding a Way Together - Hope found a way this year. You found a way. Our collective resilience sustained and lifted all of us. We are one community and together we navigated our way forward. Yet, we still have work to do. Thank you for driving change across our local community and within the Commonwealth, ensuring that young children and their families are valued as part of a thriving community.