Conversations with the Dean: The Great Student Shift

Recently released BU Wheelock research shows that five years after the pandemic's onset, Massachusetts' enrollment is down 2% in public schools, up 16% in private schools, and up 50% in home schools. Public school enrollment losses are largest in high income districts, among White and Asian families, and in middle grades. Such patterns also appear in nationwide data.

In this Conversation with the Dean, we discuss the implications of these findings for school systems facing a variety of post-pandemic challenges.

Featured BU Wheelock faculty and alumni special alumni guest:

Josh Goodman, Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Stacy Scott, Senior Lecturer

Mary Bourque, (Wheelock’99,’08) Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (M.A.S.S.)

When 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm on 16 October 2025
Building Online/Zoom