The Weekly Recap

Sep 20, 2024

Welcome to this week’s recap! This week we share new announcements, provide details on faculty engagement, and highlight recently published research.

The Dr. Carol Johnson District Leadership Fellows began their fall semester last week and held their first in-person class sessions at the Bolling Building, the district office of Boston Public Schools. This semester, the fellows are taking two courses:
- School Segregation: With BU Wheelock Senior Lecturer Raul Fernandez and Tanisha Sullivan, President of Boston’s NAACP branch and former BPS Chief Equity Officer.
- Performance-Based Instructional Leadership: With BU Wheelock Senior Lecturer Jalene Tamerat and Drew Echelson, Deputy Commissioner at the Rhode Island Department of Education and former BPS Chief of Schools and Accountability.

Ideas Podcast: Anthony Jack discussed his new book, Class Dismissed, on the Princeton University Press Ideas Podcast. Listen here.

Sensemaking in Science Investigations: What Should We Investigate? (co-authored by Eve Manz and BU Wheelock PhD students Annabel Stoler, Souhaila Nassar, and Genelle Diaz-Silveira)
- In this study, the authors describe how they use classroom phenomena to help fifth-grade students engage more successfully in the science and engineering practices of asking questions, planning and carrying out investigations, and constructing explanations.
Race, Racism, and Antiracism in Language Education: The Challenge - and Promise - of Thinking Intersectionality About Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Nationality in Language Education (chapter written by Ashley Moore)
- Building on the pioneering 2009 volume, Race, Culture, and Identities in Second Language Education, this book reflects the significant expansion in the research since its publication and offers a wider breadth of perspectives on the complex theoretical terrain of race, racism, and antiracism in language education.

September 25 - Forum with Mayor Wu. The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Government Affairs Forum with Mayor Wu on Sept. 25th from 9:45-11:00am at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.
September 27 - Advancing Racial Justice in Early Care and Education. Stephanie Curenton (Professor, BU Wheelock) will discuss her co-authored recent book, We Are the Change We Seek, in a webinar on Sept. 27th at 2:00pm. Register here.
September 27- Presidential Inauguration. The historic inauguration of BU’s 11th President Dr. Melissa Gilliam will be held on Friday, Sept. 27th at 2:00pm. There will be a series of joyful celebrations throughout the week.
October 22 - EdVestors School on the Move. Each fall, the EdVestors School on the Move Prize Ceremony honors the most notable school-wide improvement efforts within Boston Public Schools. The event awards a $100,000 prize to one deserving BPS school that has demonstrated exceptional progress. This year’s finalists are: Boston Adult Technical Academy (Bay Village), Josiah Quincy Elementary School (Chinatown), and Mattahunt Elementary School (Mattapan). The ceremony is on Oct. 22nd from 8:00-10:00am at the Westin Copley Place.