National Center on Improving Literacy
BU Wheelock Scholarly Accomplishments February 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for February 2025. Books and Book Chapters Felicity Crawford Crawford, F., Coleman, F. T., & Wiehe, E. (Eds.). (2024). Contemporary issues in equity, democracy, and public education: Multidisciplinary perspectives from education, social science, and health. Routledge. Chapter 5: Incentivizing equity in education (co-authored by William […]
Hank Fien Named First Roberts Professor of Educational Innovation
BU Wheelock’s Hank Fien was recently named the inaugural Nancy H. Roberts Professor of Educational Innovation. Established with a generous gift from Nancy Roberts (CAS’59, Wheelock’61,’75) and her husband, Edward, the endowed professorship will support Fien’s scholarship in early literacy and early mathematics. Fien’s appointment was celebrated with a formal installation ceremony on October 20. […]
The Machines Are Coming
lgorithm-informed machines learn what we like to buy and look at on the internet, feeding us more of that. Smart “assistants” greet us on our favorite websites to answer questions and point us in the right direction. Robots assemble almost everything we own, from our cars to our televisions to our clothing. Artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Support Students with Dyslexia with New Tutorials
Teaching reading skills to students with dyslexia can be challenging, but the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL) at BU Wheelock aims to help teachers, administrators, and schools meet that challenge with training, tools, and advice to help them identify and teach students with dyslexia and other literacy-related disabilities. NCIL recently released a series of […]
Closing the Literacy Gap
Hank Fien grew up in the 1970s and ’80s in a working-class South Jersey town, where he witnessed the stark divide in life experiences between his peers who were taught how to read and those who were not. “Those who were taught to read could make choices for themselves and at least have a chance of […]
A Team Effort Can Improve Outcomes for Students with Dyslexia
It was this time of year about 15 years ago that my life’s trajectory took a hard left, and I found myself on a new journey. It was one I had not anticipated, and it took my life in a whole new direction. I had paused my career in marketing to raise my three children. […]
National Center on Improving Literacy Joins BU Wheelock
This fall, BU Wheelock welcomed the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL), a partnership among literacy experts, university researchers, and technical assistance providers to support students with literacy-related disabilities. NCIL is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and was formerly housed at the University of Oregon. “I’m thrilled to be able to collaborate with […]