A Hub For Policymakers
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A Hub For Policymakers
Wheelock Educational Policy Center works to improve outcomes for historically marginalized students
When Dean David J. Chard considered the full impact that the new BU Wheelock could make after the 2018 merger of Wheelock and BU, “it became clear that we needed to think beyond the local, beyond the preparation of teachers and counselors, and to the policies and system changes that impact public schools more broadly and more permanently,” he says.
That thinking has resulted in the creation of the new Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC), an interdisciplinary hub for research that aims to drive national conversations and policy decisions that influence educational results for historically marginalized students.
“Our aspirations to have a significant and positive impact on these outcomes, combined with our hiring a team of methodological experts and seasoned policy scholars, have made the creation of this center essential,” says Chard.