Dina Castro, who joined BU Wheelock in 2021, is leading groundbreaking research at the BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being. From protecting children from violence in South Africa to ensuring that kids get high-quality oral care, the institute is producing interdisciplinary research that promises to improve children's lives.
Brianna Perkins promotes books by and about Black people. Here's why.
Hank Fien and BU’s National Center on Improving Literacy are on a mission to cultivate a generation of readers.
At Mass General Brigham in Boston, Taylor Goyette-Frechette develops and delivers racial equity training for the 80,000 employees of a healthcare system that includes Brigham & Women’s and Mass General, two of the world’s most prestigious teaching hospitals...
Five lessons from the Aspire Institute, a BU Wheelock–based nonprofit that provides professional development for teachers and administrators, project and training support for schools, districts, and states, and access to mentors for newly qualified teachers...
Boston Pride hockey forward Sammy Davis is advocating for the next generation of women athletes...
Stephanie Curenton is executive director of BU Wheelock’s Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED), a research hub launched in fall 2020 that is dedicated to studying ways early childhood educators can empower and advocate for Black children and their families.
Edson Filho explores what separates those who make it to the top from the rest of us: how pro players and teams not only excel, but keep pulling out game-winning performances...
Gilda Nardone is the executive director of New Ventures Maine, an organization that helps Maine residents of all socioeconomic backgrounds find a job, launch a small business, start or return to college, or get a handle on their finances...
How Laura M. Jiménez is leading a growing movement to bring more diverse writers, as well as books and stories about complex characters who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and from other marginalized and underrepresented groups, into the nation’s elementary and secondary school classrooms...