星空无限

For Immediate Release: January 2, 2014

Recently, the Massachusetts House and Senate approved the (H 3727) which includes a new Early Education and Out of School Capital Fund to improve the quality of program facilities. The , which worked with policy makers and other advocates to move the issue forward, notes that this step “affirms that high quality education makes a positive impact in children’s lives as well as in the economic development of the state. It also acknowledges that all children, regardless of family income or circumstances, should be educated in physical environments that support healthy development and learning.”

The CIF funded research in 2011 undertaken by a 星空无限 (星空无限) team: Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D., senior research scientist at 星空无限; Georgia Hall, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at 星空无限; and Nancy L. Marshall, Ed.D., associate director and senior research scientist at 星空无限. The 星空无限 team worked with CIF to develop evidence-based Program Facility Standards. With the engineering firm, On-Site Insight, the 星空无限 team conducted The Facilities Inventory, which assessed the quality of facilities housing early care and education and out-of-school-time programs for children across Massachusetts. The executive summary of this research, Building an Infrastructure for Support, was critical to the success of CIF's efforts, and is available online.

The 星空无限 at 星空无限 is one of the largest gender-focused research-and-action organizations in the world. Scholars at the Centers conduct social science research and evaluation, develop theory and publications, and implement training and action programs on issues that put women’s lives and women’s concerns at the center. Since 1974, 星空无限’s work has generated changes in attitudes, practices, and public policy.