Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Office, BU Wheelock

Did you catch SPACE Office's Associate Dean Mary L Churchill in The Conversation US last week? Be sure to check out her thoughtful piece on the values and challenges of dual enrollment for expanding equitable access to higher education.

Dual enrollment can save college students time and money − but there's one risk to avoid More high school students are taking college courses while still in high school. But equity gaps exist, with Black and Hispanic students participating at lower rates.

Each fall, EdVestors' School on the Move Prize recognizes some of the most improving Boston Public Schools. Acknowledging the tremendous effort needed to ensure every student in Boston receives a world-class education, they shine a light on those schools, leaders, and teachers who create and continuously improve learning environments where all students thrive. Join them on Wednesday November 8th to celebrate this year's finalists: Boston Green Academy, East Boston High School, and Fenway High School. Learn more and register:

EdVestors' 18th Annual School on the Move Prize Ceremony The School on the Move Prize spotlights the most notable school-wide improvement efforts happening across Boston Public Schools.

Research is a critical part of bringing about systemic transformation across education and human development across our communities. That's why we're excited our partners at The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy have launched the Rennie R&D Labs, a first-of-its-kind endeavor to fully embed research processes within our mainstream public school system. Learn more:

Rennie Launches New School-Based R&D Lab Project | Rennie Center In many sectors, research and development (R&D) is an integral part of day-to-day operations. In healthcare, for example, research often happens in hospitals right alongside patient care. This gives researchers and practitioners the ability to test evidence-based innovations in real-life situations,...

Rise and dine with student stories and scrumptious treats! It’s time for Books for Breakfast, the annual jam-packed breakfast fundraiser, benefitting our partner 826 Boston's free youth writing programs. Attendees will enjoy breakfast, stories from a 826 Boston student, and a chance to connect with members from the 826 Boston community. Plus, hear from local author Helen Elaine Lee, as this year's guest speaker! Seating is limited, so get your tickets while they last.

Books for Breakfast Fall 2023 Books for Breakfast is 826 Boston’s jam-packed breakfast fundraiser. In addition to showcasing the talented writing of 826 Boston students, the event will feature author, Helen Elaine Lee.

Join EdVestors on Thursday September 14th for a panel conversation with STEM leaders of color as they share their career journey, successes, and challenges! Attendees will have the opportunity to network through small group discussions on topics of interest. This work models lessons learned from New Skills Boston, a cross-sector effort to build seamless, labor market-aligned career pathways for Boston Public Schools students. This includes the power of work-based learning experiences, transformative mentoring, and building social capital.

STEM Career Pathways for Professionals of Color Join us for our sixth annual Fierce Urgency of Now Festival, hosted by Greater Boston's Chamber of Commerce City Awake program.

Lee Pelton, CEO of our partner The Boston Foundation wrote colleges can only serve their students and society when they bring together people from varied backgrounds to share and learn from differing ideas. Read his full thoughts on the path forward from the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision in the Globe Magazine: //www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/17/magazine/path-forward-after-affirmative-action-ruling/

The affirmative action ruling is a disaster for college students. This is the path forward. - The Boston Globe Colleges can only serve their students and society when they bring together people from varied backgrounds to share and learn from differing ideas.

When you think of a partnership between higher education and an embassy, what comes to mind? Some might say political science, international relations, economics...but what about education? Wheelock College, Boston University is proud to work alongside the French Embassy in the U.S. to promote the teaching and learning of French language and culture in schools across our country, as well as English education across France. Mathieu Ausseil shares how this partnership not only helps keep world language education thriving, but also increases educational equity. Read more about this exciting work in the SPaCE Office Summer Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/6b4ed7eace7d/updates-from-the-space-office-at-bu-wheelock-summer-2023

Advocacy is an important part of the community engaged work taking place at Wheelock College, Boston University. Through advocacy, we support historically marginalized and underserved communities and individuals in real, lasting, and sustainable ways. We partner with organizations like the National Center for Learning Disabilities to ensure all students are reaching their fullest potential, on campus and off. Read more about what NCLD's CEO Jacqueline Rodriguez shared about advocacy partnerships in this quarter's SPaCE Office Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/6b4ed7eace7d/updates-from-the-space-office-at-bu-wheelock-summer-2023

Authentic, meaningful partnerships help build the trust it takes to accomplish the challenging work at hand to deepen and expand educational equity across our communities. Erika Giampietro at the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College shares how having Wheelock College, Boston University at the table has helped open up dialogue to achieve better for our young people. Read more about her work in this quarter's SPaCE Office newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/6b4ed7eace7d/updates-from-the-space-office-at-bu-wheelock-summer-2023

Happy first of August! This week, we're excited to feature Dr. Eleonora Villegas-Reimers , clinical professor and chair of the Teaching & Learning Department at Wheelock College, Boston University. Dr. Villegas-Reimers is committed to teacher professional development, in part through her partnership work with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Most recently, Dr. Villegas-Reimers served as a member of AACTE's Networked Improvement Community (NIC) focused on recruiting more candidates of color into the teaching profession, particularly in special education. Learn more about her work in our Spring Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/c12f165a4ce8/updates-from-the-space-office-at-bu-wheelock-spring-2023

Sometimes our partnership work involves direct collaboration with one institution or organization to further our goals together. Other times, Wheelock College, Boston University serves as a convening partner, leveraging our relationships to bring together many partner organizations to create systemic and social-justice-oriented change together. Heather Johnson at EdVestors shares her perspective on the importance of convening partners in educational equity work. Read more in our Summer Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/6b4ed7eace7d/updates-from-the-space-office-at-bu-wheelock-summer-2023

Wheelock College, Boston University aims to work with our partners to bring about systemic transformation across education and human development through authentic collaboration and sustainable and reciprocal partnerships. For this week's , we're excited to spotlight Dr. Catherine Ritz and her impactful partnership with Boston Public Schools to develop a thematic world language curriculum. Read more about her work with BPS teachers and leaders in the SPaCE Office quarterly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/ggNr6E4b