The hero of Amy Baron’s “The Gentle Bulldozer” dreams of something bigger than working at construction sites – as Baron did as an optometrist who loved to write.

Cambridge’s two hospitals don’t offer any medical beds for children, and doctors face an “extraordinary problem” finding hospital care for kids amid spiking respiratory infections and staff shortages statewide, a top city public health official said Monday.

Twenty years after we added biotechnology and graphic design as well as space and funding to CRLS technical education, it has been depleted and ignored again.

Parents and professionals invite you to learn how you can be a better ally to support transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive young people in your community.

The city’s Community Schools program provides after-school care to about 725 children, many more black and from low- and moderate-income families as of this school year, but nearly 300 are still on a waiting list, including 41 in high-priority categories.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s laughs at a “Best of the Boston Comedy Festival” showcase, action at a Smash the Patriarchy! Abortion Fundraiser and plenty of music, drama, art, literature and science in between.

A tangle of problems such as staff shortages, lack of beds and scarce services have left troubled patients with long delays or no treatment. Aggressive behavior is one result.

MathTalk is picking up the baton of algebra education and numbers literacy from Bob Moses, taking his life’s work to the streets and playgrounds of America.

A second Cambridge public school is on track for a name change to avoid honoring a racist: The Vassal Lane Upper School, whose street may also be renamed.

Even First Amendment issues were raised by staff considering if a map of public bathrooms should make it onto Cambridge’s Open Data Portal, though everyone agreed on one thing: The map is a good resource that should be available to everyone.