Andrew Bacher-Hicks
Teacher Diversity Increased in Massachusetts during COVID-19 Pandemic
New research from Boston University’s Wheelock Education Policy Center (WEPC) finds increases in the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers hired for the 2020–2021 Massachusetts school year. This was particularly true in schools serving the state’s highest concentrations of Black and Latinx students, where roughly 41% of newly hired teachers were people of color. These […]
BU Wheelock Welcomes Six New Faculty
This fall, BU Wheelock welcomed six new full-time faculty members. Their research interests include teacher quality, the learning needs of students with disabilities, excellence in individuals and teams, labor markets and education policy, and language transition. They are committed to improving systems and unlocking opportunities that will make the world a better place and helping […]
Study Explores COVID-19 Impact on Families’ Engagement with Online Learning
Andrew Bacher-Hicks and Joshua Goodman, faculty members in BU Wheelock’s Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program, have released a new pandemic-related study in Education Next. Their working paper, “Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: COVID-Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real-Time,” examines how students and their families adapted to and engaged with online learning as […]