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  • REPORT: SAFETY, HEALTH ISSUES AMONG SHORTCOMINGS I...
    State House News / Oct 12, 2011

    Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 8:46 A.M. REPORT: SAFETY, HEALTH ISSUES AMONG SHORTCOMINGS IN EARLY LEARNING CENTERS Describing safety hazards, accessibility issues and impediments to learning in dozens of early child...

  • 12daycare.ART
    BAY LEDGER NEWS ZONE / Oct 12, 2011

    BAY LEDGER NEWS ZONE Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12daycare.ART By Sean P. Murphy, The Boston Globe The study's bottom line, said Mav Pardee, program director for the Children's Investment Fund, is that many facilitie...

  • Loan will let Bigelow daycare expand in Somerville
    Boston Globe / Jul 26, 2011

    July 26, 2011 Loan will let Bigelow daycare expand in Somerville By Matt Byrne, Town Correspondent The Bigelow Cooperative Day Care Center , which is based in Cambridge, will renovate and utilize a new space on Park...

  • Earth angels: These five innovators are doing good...
    The Globe Magazine / Oct 10, 2010

    Earth angels These five innovators are doing good deeds at home and far away. By Elizabeth Gehrman The Playground Maverick Mav Pardee creates natural spaces that children love to explore. As Mav Pardee was growing u...

  • Early Education Pays Big Dividends
    Worcester Business Journal / Aug 16, 2010

    Early Education Pays Big Dividends By Mav Pardee Special to the Worcester Business Journal August 16, 2010 ________________________________________ Business and education leaders in Worcester met recently to cons...

  • A New Kind Of Playground
    WBUR - Radio Boston / Jul 13, 2010

    A New Kind Of Playground By Adam Ragusea Published July 13, 2010 (Courtesy photo) If you’ve been to a shiny new playground lately, you’ve probably noticed all kinds of metal and plastic gizmos, crazy slides...

  • A New Playground for Kids to Play Naturally
    Living on Earh / Jun 11, 2010

    A New Playground for Kids to Play Naturally YOUNG: There's a new kind of playground in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. It's designed to bring a small part of the great outdoors to the inner-city. The natural playgroun...

  • New playground’s a ‘natural’ for children
    Boston Globe / May 25, 2010

    New playground’s a ‘natural’ for children Site was built with recycled material By Stefanie Geisler Globe Correspondent / May 25, 2010 The new playground at the Crispus Attucks Children’s Center in D...

  • Natural playgrounds are growing into a national tr...
    USA Today / Apr 22, 2010

    Natural playgrounds are growing into a national trend By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Special for, USA TODAY BOSTON — The playground of the future is beginning to take shape — and it looks a lot like the backyard of th...

  • More charity despite smaller pot: Boston Foundatio...
    Boston Globe / Jun 27, 2009

    More charity despite smaller pot Boston Foundation to increase funding for certain grants By Sean Sposito, Globe Correspondent | June 27, 2009 The state’s largest community foundation plans to distribute more ...