{"id":65894,"date":"2023-02-07T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=65894"},"modified":"2023-11-11T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T03:22:13","slug":"stephanie-curenton-joins-board-of-massachusetts-deec","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2023\/stephanie-curenton-joins-board-of-massachusetts-deec\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Curenton Joins Board of Massachusetts DEEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-tertiary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Stephanie Curenton\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-826x826.png 826w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-344x344.png 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-529x529.png 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-682x682.png 682w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-1032x1032.png 1032w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-688x688.png 688w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-1058x1058.png 1058w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-1000x1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/s-curenton-retouched-710x710.png 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Faculty &amp; Staff News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStephanie Curenton Joins Board of Massachusetts DEEC\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">February 7, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/stephanie-curenton\/\">Stephanie Curenton<\/a>, an associate professor at BU Wheelock, recently joined the board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/department-of-early-education-and-care\">Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care<\/a> (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 early childhood education and care across the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so honored to be able to serve my state in this role,\u201d says Curenton. \u201cI am thrilled to be part of the board and be able to represent the children and families from the state, especially those children who are socially marginalized or lack access due to income or geography.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The director of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu-ceed.org\/\"> Center for the Ecology of Early Childhood Development<\/a>, Curenton studies the social, cognitive, and language development of low-income and minority children. She previously worked for the federal Office of Child Care, and says that she is \u201cexcited to be able to apply the policy thinking and planning skills [she] learned in the federal government to the state context.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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