CERES Institute for Children & Youth
A Most Unusual School Year
In mid-March 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread exponentially throughout the country, school doors across Massachusetts suddenly closed, creating disruptions and uncertainty for both teachers and students. Classes moved to an online format, and no one knew for sure how long remote learning would last. Public schools were closed to in-person learning through the 2019-2020 school […]
Study to Explore Pandemic School Attendance
A study from BU Wheelock’s CERES Institute for Children & Youth will explore the lived experiences of Black and Latinx high school students and English learners in Boston who have stopped attending school regularly during the pandemic. The study will be co-directed by BU Wheelock faculty members Jonathan Zaff and Yasuko Kanno and has received […]
Navigating School-Choice Programs Is a Challenge, Parents Say
BU Wheelock’s CERES Institute today released “Choices and Challenges,” a new report that found that navigating Florida’s school choice for students with disabilities can be time-consuming and costly. Florida parents of children with disabilities want statewide scholarship programs to continue but with modifications to reduce barriers to accessing the scholarships and more help in navigating […]
Partnership with Boston Debate League Receives Funding from Chan Zuckerberg
A new partnership between the CERES Institute for Children and Youth at BU Wheelock, the Boston Debate League (BDL), and the Henderson Inclusion School in Boston received funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This is one of nine grants announced by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative this week for teams of educators and researchers working together […]
Study Explores School Choice Scholarships for Families of Students with Disabilities
The CERES (Community-Engaged Research and Evaluation Sciences) Institute for Children and Youth at Boston University has initiated a family-centered inquiry into the experiences of families who receive McKay and Gardiner scholarships in Florida. In a project brief, the study organizers note that these scholarship programs, which provide vouchers for students with disabilities and allow parents […]