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Inequalities at the Starting Line: State Kindergarten Policies By Emily Workman of the Education Commission of the States It is throughout the earliest years of a child’s education that he/she gains the foundation upon which subsequent learning is built. A high-quality, full-day, ever

The vast majority of children from low income families begin their first day of kindergarten 60% behind their middle and upper income peers.  Why? They have far smaller vocabularies and poor oral language skills. This is a sad reality and constitutes a crisis for our communities and n

For nearly 20 years, we have had the great fortune of being supported year after year by a cadre of idealistic, talented, hard-working young adults who have chosen to do a year of service through the AmeriCorps state program at our organization. You are one of these people. Through yo

I met Carol Brown in 2004 when she first began to work for Generations Incorporated as our morning receptionist, a position she held until 2009 when she decided to retire. After her retirement, she volunteered every Friday morning until spring 2012 when she had to stop because of surg

CT Ransdell, age 26, is our  super awesome Special Projects Coordinator.  When he was 12 years old, he began running with his father.  Then came distance running in middle school and high school.  In college, CT was running competitively in road races. He continues to run and run fast

I recently had the privilege to travel to Israel through the Boston-Haifa Learning Exchange, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston.  Several other non-profit leaders also made the trip and we spent 8 days together exploring some of the  complex layers o

Donna Chapman wore her name-tag with pride.  Showcasing her dedication to her students and the program, this green lanyard, lovingly adorned with stickers from her students, was never absent from her neck at the Whelan School.  In one instance, she told a program associate that puttin

The threats to national service are very serious.  Congress wants to eliminate or greatly reduce funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, AmeriCorps VISTA, and other programs. Thankfully there hav

RE “BIAS complaint shouldn’t slow wise plan to fix Boston schools’’ (Editorial, March 2) Our literacy volunteers serve every day in Boston public elementary schools. The bias complaint by the Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts asks for a reversal of the decision to close nine

This week the  Boston Globe had another stinging article about excessive non-profit CEO pay at one of our largest health insurance companies. Our sector is getting some bad press these days because of this, as well as outrageous golden parachutes, double dipping, and outright fraud. T