Dina Castro
Dina Castro Named First Bahamdan Professor
In honor of her exemplary scholarship, BU Wheelock’s Dina Castro was recently named the inaugural Bahamdan Professor in Early Childhood Well-Being, thanks to a generous gift from Kamal Abdullah Bahamdan (ENG’94). The director of the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being, Castro has dedicated her academic career to promoting equity and quality in early education for […]
Improving Teaching for English Learners
A five-year grant will support the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being at BU Wheelock in studying ways to improve the quality of teaching for young English learners. The Nuestros Niños project will work with Boston Public Schools’ Universal Prekindergarten Program, ABCD Head Start in Massachusetts, and school districts in Colorado to provide professional development to […]
A Holistic Approach to Helping Kids
Dina Castro knows something about the value of interdisciplinary research. In her quest to understand and improve care and education for bilingual children, she has earned degrees in psychology, public health, and early childhood education and special education. “It allows you to think about solutions for pressing problems that will be more permanent and impactful,”says the […]
Equity In Early Childhood Care and Education
Dina Castro is the director of the BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being and faculty in the Teaching & Learning Department. Her research focuses on equity and quality in the early care and education of bilingual children from immigrant, indigenous and other minoritized and marginalized communities in the United States and Latin America. It […]
BU Wheelock Welcomes Team of Educators from Jalisco, Mexico
Last month, BU Wheelock welcomed a team from the Secretariat of Education of Jalisco, Mexico, as part of an ongoing research collaboration. Led by Secretary of Education Juan Carlos Flores Miramontes, the team included Yolanda Quintero Reyes and Georgina Camberos, as well as six teachers working in early childhood, elementary, and secondary schools. They met […]
BU Wheelock Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2021
This fall, BU Wheelock welcomed 10 new full-time faculty members to our community. Their research interests include early childhood education, higher education, sport performance, bilingual education, and literacy. Learn more about our new faculty and read some of their reflections on joining BU Wheelock. Jennifer Altavilla Lecturer and program director, Teaching English to Speakers of […]