BU Wheelock's Child Life and Family-Centered Care program has a long history dating back to the 1960s, when faculty and alumni at Wheelock College drew attention to chronically ill children's need for play and enrichment as they spent long stretches of time in hospital wards. In 1972, Wheelock founded the first academic program designed to train child life specialists, and in 2022, BU Wheelock celebrated the 50th anniversary of the program.
Founded by Sarah Besse ('17), Shela Sinelien ('19), and Sara Murray, the Boston Outdoor Preschool Network (BOPN) is a nature-based preschool that immerses kids in the outdoors. Now, the pair is looking to expand nature-based schooling to reach into even more communities.
The pandemic disrupted the lives of students around the world, forcing them to face questions about life and death, take on more responsibilities at home, encounter difficult feelings, and reorganize their support networks. Teachers struggled as well, with some even leaving the profession altogether. Two BU Wheelock studies explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and teachers in Massachusetts.
Grace Kim, a clinical associate professor in BU Wheelock's counseling psychology program, shares tips for teachers who must navigate difficult conversations about race, privilege, and oppression in the classroom.
Jerry Whitmore, Jr., offers a series of suggestions for school administrators to discuss contentious issues with parents, including race and gender.
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...