Stephanie Curenton
Investing in Early Education
Although many states increased funding for early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of the federal government, most of them wound down this supplemental funding after state and national emergency declarations were withdrawn. Massachusetts, on the other hand, has continued to back early childhood education initiatives that bolster the workforce, improve data […]
Teaching Racial Justice in Early Childhood Settings
Stephanie Curenton, a professor in the Teaching & Learning Department at BU Wheelock, has spent her career tackling tough questions of race, bias, and discrimination in early childhood education—and the ways that teachers, researchers, and other professionals can combat it. A developmental psychologist by training, Curenton leads research on the social and cognitive development of […]
Shaking Up The System
When voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, approved a measure in 2020 directing the government to provide a free preschool education to every three-and four-year-old in Greater Portland, officials had their work cut out for them. If the county’s Preschool for All program failed to deliver, local children—many from low-income backgrounds whose families rely on its […]
Three BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Three BU Wheelock faculty members were recently promoted to full professor. Stephanie Curenton, Jennifer Greif Green, and Marcus Winters represent the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Applied Human Development, and Special Education programs at BU Wheelock. “We recognize Drs. Curenton, Green, and Winters for their outstanding contributions to the college, university, and their fields,” says […]
Stephanie Curenton Joins Board of Massachusetts DEEC
Stephanie Curenton, an associate professor at BU Wheelock, recently joined the board of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC), which manages early childhood programs that include daycares, group homes, and foster care and adoption agencies. Along with the 10 other members of the board, Curenton will help set policies and guidelines for […]
Supporting Antibias Education
Even before the murder of George Floyd and the debates over how to teach race in the classroom, Stephanie M. Curenton and her colleagues were on a mission to promote antibias education. Now, as Florida, Arkansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and other states are passing legislation limiting what their public schools can teach about race, racism, and so-called “divisive […]
Partnership to Prepare Doctoral Students in Special Education and School Psychology
BU Wheelock’s special education faculty will collaborate with faculty from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) on a new grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a cohort of doctoral students focused on advancing equity in the study of students’ mental health. The project, led by Jennifer Greif Green at Boston University […]
New Center Supports Racial Justice and Equity for Children
A new center at BU Wheelock will support racial justice and equity for children in Boston and beyond. The Center on the Ecology of Early Education (CEED) will conduct applied equity-focused research to inspire policy leaders and practitioners to cultivate opportunities that optimize Black children’s well-being and ability to thrive. The new center will be […]
Stephanie Curenton Joins National P-3 Center Advisory Board
Stephanie M. Curenton, BU Wheelock associate professor of educational leadership & policy studies, has joined the advisory board of the National P–3 Center. Curenton will work with colleagues on the advisory board to focus on organizational and systemic change at the intersection of early childhood education and K–12. At BU Wheelock, Curenton studies the social, […]
Stephanie Curenton Nominated for Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
Associate professor Stephanie M. Curenton, director of the Ecology of School Readiness Lab, and program director for educational policy studies at BU Wheelock, has been nominated for the Boston University provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award. The award, which is given annually to a full-time Boston University faculty member selected by the provost’s Faculty Teaching […]