“In the Service of the City”
BU and Boston: a heritage of partnership By: BU Today Staff Community service and support and extensive financial contributions—from public works projects to scholarships for public school students—are part of the mission laid out by BU’s third president, Lemuel Murlin. Photo by Flickr contributor Thomas Hawk. The School of Education students working in the fourth-grade classroom […]
Sexual Misconduct Survey Guides Plan for Action
Questionnaire’s results: concerning numbers, commitment to improve Responses to the Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey showed that 73 percent of sexual assault survivors told a friend what had happened. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Nine out of ten BU students who completed a survey on sexual misconduct in March said they feel safe on campus, and three […]
America’s Promise Alliance, SED Join Forces to Better Understand What Helps Young People Thrive
The Center for Promise, America’s Promise Alliance’s research institute dedicated to understanding what young people need to thrive and how to create the conditions of success for all young people, is now housed at the Boston University School of Education. With a shared commitment to using research to find solutions that will improve outcomes for […]
SED to Join, House New College Readiness Institute
Improving secondary education, students’ career readiness Researchers from BU’s School of Education and the University of Wisconsin will join with policy makers throughout Massachusetts to study how young people can be better prepared for college and career success, thanks to a $1 million, three-year grant for the SED-based Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness […]