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Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Wheelock addresses the Massachusetts state legislature bill requiring elementary schools to teach evidence-based reading curriculum by preparing education majors to teach children with varying literacy levels. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Wheelock and Greater Boston seek to improve childhood literacy through collaboration

Priyal Patel February 9, 2024
BU's Wheelock College will enhance its instruction to fit evolving literacy needs in schools, following evidence of a reading crisis in Massachusetts schools.
A presentation on education inequities in reading. The Wheelock College of Education and Human Development hosted a panel Feb. 23 to discuss educational disparities in child reading levels, especially those with disabilities and in marginalized communities. AMANDA CUCCINIELLO/DFP STAFF

Wheelock hosts panel on disparities in child reading levels

Emma Hagert February 28, 2022
Wheelock hosted a panel Wednesday titled, “Shining a (Glaring) Light on Educational Inequities in Reading.”
East to West: Apr. 5, 2021

East to West: Apr. 5, 2021

Katrina Liu April 5, 2021

Warm weather has come! Today on East to West, we cover students expressing disagreement with some BU COVID-19 policies, Boston University’s Youth Democratic Socialists of America’s protest of...

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David Chard appointed as permanent dean of Wheelock

Tanisha Bhat April 2, 2021
Chard was appointed to the position after having served as interim dean since 2018.
The Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development introduced its new Education in Leadership and Policy Studies program this Summer to create educational leaders. LIBBY MCCLELLAND/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wheelock introduces program to create educational leaders

Lily Kepner November 19, 2020
BU’s school of education introduced a new program this summer for those looking to learn more about policy in education and become leaders in the field. 
Due to Boston University’s reduced 2021 fiscal year budget, the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development has had to eliminate 80 staff and faculty positions. LUWA YIN/ DFP FILE

Wheelock takes brunt of BU layoffs

Chloe Liu July 25, 2020
BU's Wheelock has eliminated eight staff positions, eight full-time faculty positions and 64 part-time faculty positions for the upcoming semester, as indicated in a memo sent from Wheelock’s Office of the Dean on Monday. 
Paula Austin, an assistant professor of History and African American Studies in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, speaks at the “Restorative Justice and Societal Repair” symposium at the Howard Thurman Center Friday. MADELINE HUMPHREY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Symposium on global oppression and reparations covers prevalent racial issues

Madeline Humphrey February 24, 2020
Panelists discussed the plight of and reparations for the descendants of enslaved African individuals in a symposium at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground on Friday entitled “Restorative Justice and Societal Repair: Global Racism and Reparations.”
East to West: November 4, 2019

East to West: November 4, 2019

JenRacoosin November 4, 2019

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover adjunct professor contract negotiations, Boston’s search for a Youth Poet Laureate, a restaurant discount app and more. This episode originally...

The Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Boston Public School employees will now receive discounted tuition when pursuing advanced degrees through the college, Boston University announced Monday. YAOCHI FU/ DFP FILE

Partnership gives discounted tuition to Boston Public School employees

Peyton Mann October 31, 2019
Boston Public School employees will now pay a discounted tuition when pursuing their master’s or advanced degree at Wheelock through a partnership announced Sunday.
From left to right: David Chard, Julie Dahlstrom, Lois McCloskey and Lus Marilis López participate in Tuesday’s forum on the effects of family separation on children and communities hosted by Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. ZIJING FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wheelock committee holds forum on effects of family separation

Kiran Galani December 5, 2018

Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development’s committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion held a forum Tuesday about current federal family separation’s impact on...

Boston University’s Admissions Center on Bay State Road. With Harvard University set to go on trial Monday for its alleged discrimination of Asian Americans as a result of affirmative action policies, the role of race in the college admissions process has become a renewed topic of discussion on campuses nationwide. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community reflects on affirmative action in light of Harvard lawsuit

Mia Cathell October 14, 2018
Harvard University will go to court Monday to defend itself against allegations of racially discriminatory admissions practices.
A student walks by a dorm on Wheelock's campus. April 1 was the deadline by which Wheelock students had to commit to transitioning to BU. PHOTO BY HANNAH ROGERS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Over 100 students to move from Fenway Campus to Charles River Campus

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 4, 2018
As the merger between Wheelock College and Boston University approaches, BU has been making preparations to accommodate the estimated 650 students transitioning from Wheelock to BU in the fall.
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