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  • Inquiry with Influence: Realizing the Potential of Research-Supported Policymaking with the New Wheelock Educational Policy Center

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    BU Wheelock officially launched the new Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC) as part of a commitment to transforming systems that impact learning for a thriving and just future. Watch the webinar to learn about WEPC’s approach to rigorous, policy-relevant research and to meet the WEPC-affiliated faculty driving a research agenda aimed to improve opportunities and holistic outcomes […]

  • Charting a Course: Navigating towards influential pandemic-era data and research insights

    Event SummaryIn the 18-months since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers affiliated with Boston University's Wheelock Educational Policy Center have been working to provide perspective on the implications and opportunities caused by this unprecedented disruption to our educational systems. Now, as we enter the 2021-22 academic year, we’re looking ahead and want to engage in a proactive discussion about […]

  • Day 1 (In-Person) 2022 BU Wheelock Spring Forum: Examining how teacher workforce policies shape an equity-centered education

    Teachers are undeniably key to student success, but their daily, individual decisions and actions are inextricably shaped by a much larger system of decisions at the national, state and district level. Whether deciding to become a teacher in the first place, choosing which school to teach at, how to spend time once in the classroom, […]

  • WEPC @ AEFP 2023

    WEPC is thrilled to be participating in this year's Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) 2023 Conference. In addition to a number of faculty and student presentations that were selected for inclusion in the agenda, most of our WEPC affiliated colleagues and a number of our policy partners will be in attendance. For those […]

  • Ed Policy Spring Seminar Series

    Register for one or all. Events are in-person. Lunch provided. Space limited. Reserve your spot now. Boston University's Department of Educational Leaderhsip and Policy Studies and The Wheelock Educational Policy Center are excited to host three leading scholars this spring for a Ed Policy Seminar Series. Given growing interest in our local community and increased […]

  • Fall 2023 BU Wheelock Ed Policy Speaker Series: Adela Soliz (Vanderbilt University) Presents “What Is the Effect of Institution-Level Articulation Policies on Community College to University Transfer?”

    610 Commonwealth Avenue Room 101 Boston, MA 02215 610 Commonwealth Avenue Room 101, Boston, MA, United States

    Talk title: "What is the Effect of Institution-Level Articulation Policies on Community College to University Transfer?" Abstract: Community colleges enroll more undergraduates than any other sector of higher education, and many students start at these institutions with the goal of eventually earning a bachelor’s degree. However, few actually manage to do so. Our study makes use […]

  • Fall 2023 BU Wheelock Ed Policy Speaker Series: Adai Tefera (University of Arizona)

    610 Commonwealth Avenue Room 101 Boston, MA 02215 610 Commonwealth Avenue Room 101, Boston, MA, United States

    This seminar session co-hosted with BU Wheelock Special Education Department Dr. Tefera (she/her) is an associate professor of special education. Her interdisciplinary scholarship examines how educational policies aimed at improving equity among students at the intersections of race, disability, language, and other social categories are enacted, interrupted, and resisted by students, families, educators, and leaders. […]

  • UPDATED SPEAKER! Fall 2023 BU Wheelock Ed Policy Speaker Series: Christopher Campos (University of Chicago)

    610 Commonwealth Avenue Room 101 Boston, MA 02215 610 Commonwealth Avenue Room 101, Boston, MA, United States

    Christopher Campos is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he currently focuses on research on the economics of education. He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Talk Title: Social Interactions and Preferences for Schools: Experimental Evidence from Los Angeles […]