School of Education
Since 1918, the School of Education at Boston University (BU-SED) has been dedicated to the preparation of outstanding educators. These educators are committed to serving our democratic society through the practice of education and also through the production of research that serves to refine that practice. In addition, BU-SED has a long history of providing useful services to our partners in education—within the University, in Boston and New England, and nationally and internationally. The translation of theory and research into practice and service is a defining characteristic of the School of Education and of Boston University.
Perhaps no other university in America has a stronger and more enduring involvement in education at all levels. In the past 25 years, Boston University has demonstrated a commitment to improving our urban schools, for example, by managing an entire urban school district under a contract with the School Committee of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Its continued involvement with the Boston Public Schools includes on-site partnerships with English High School and the Trotter Elementary School.
To support our mission, the School of Education recruits and supports faculty who know their disciplines, who have the research skills to identify, develop, and evaluate the best practices in education, and who have the interpersonal and communications skills to share their knowledge with our students, the future educators of the world. We make sure that our students have the opportunity to put their learning to work immediately, with clinical placements that start as soon as they enter the School. We also make sure that we recruit and retain the best and the brightest undergraduates—those in the top 10–15 percent of their high school classes—who want to be teachers and who will leave the School prepared to make change in their communities. For almost 100 years, we have been an international leader in the integration of teaching, research, and service.
With help from our robust alumni base and community partners, we look forward to achieving great things together for decades to come.
Katherine A. Hollowell Scholarship Fund
Businesses and politicians around the country are focused on supporting STEM education and producing high-quality math and science teachers for the next generation. The Kathleen A. Hollowell Scholarship Fund was set up in 2011 by Kathleen (GRS ’71, SED ’77) and David (ENG ’69, ’72, GSM ’74) Hollowell, National Annual Giving Campaign Chairs for Boston University, as a generous commitment for the Campaign for Boston Universisty. Income from the fund will provide annual scholarship awards based on financial need to one or more deserving master’s-level students (MEd or MAT) majoring in secondary mathematics education in the School of Education.
SED Announces 2012 Alumni Awards Winners
BU SED will present the Ida M. Johnston Alumni Award to Etienne LeGrand SED ’78, and the Dean Arthur Herbert Wilde Award to Alan Oliff SED ’76, ’84. Read more on the SED website.
Social Learning Lab opens
The Social Learning Lab, led by Professor Kathleen Corriveau, recently opened. The lab will research children's use of social and cognitive information when learning about the world, and how children navigate these diverse sources of information. Read more on the SED website.
