BU Wheelock Literacy Education

12/12/2025

Hi all, Here's another exciting course to consider for the spring on multicultural literature, taught by Dr. Laura Jiménez!

12/10/2025

If you're looking for a foundational literacy course for the spring that meets ONLINE (asynchronously), consider this one taught by our new Literacy Ed faculty member, Dr. Erica Caasi!

12/08/2025

Hi everyone! A few of us in BU Wheelock Literacy Ed are conducting a survey on literacy assessment, and we'd love to hear your thoughts! Please consider taking our anonymous survey. And, please share this flyer with anyone you think might be interested!

11/19/2025

Join Reading & Literacies professors Elena Forzani and Christina Dobbs tonight as they share work on how to adapt reading assessments for the learners in front of us!

Reading assessments aren’t one-size-fits-all—and they shouldn’t be.📝 On November 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET, Boston University Assistant Professor Elena E. Forzani and Associate Professor Christina L. Dobbs will present the Critical Assessment Practices (CAPS) framework, a four-step model for refining how reading assessments are selected, adapted, and used.

Register to explore strategies that make literacy assessment more equitable, inclusive, and effective for every learner: https://buff.ly/Fb4dsNv

11/06/2025

Please join us for our Graduate Virtual Open House with Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Boston University on Wednesday, November 19th! To register: https://mywheelock.bu.edu/virtualadmissionsopenhouse/inquiryform

10/20/2025

Great opportunity to be in community with fellow educators and to learn about the historical roots of educational injustice!

09/09/2025

Part-time Early Literacy Tutor Position in Bolton, MA: https://www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jobId=5311050
This is at the school of one of our alums. See job posting for more information!

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08/11/2025

Congratulations to Mary Bourque!

https://www.bu.edu/wheelock/resources/alumni/events/awards/current-alumni-awardees/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7un-USJ2B5Tk8OwdAB-FZy0fAtHabemeHzPkzIdzSYgGmHHF9tWV0Jn9YbDg_aem_whSzK-MBae1RK7rATsQP4g

2025 Alumni Awards Each year, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development recognizes members of our alumni community for their outstanding contributions, exemplary service, and dedicated leadership. The 2025 Alumni Awards recognizes a special group of alumni whose commitment....

08/04/2025

**Full Time, 1-Year Secondary (6-12) Literacy Position with Malden Public Schools!** Please see full description (with contact info if interested):

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07/23/2025

**Full Time Literacy Specialist Position with Newton Public Schools!** Burr Elementary School. If you would like more information please reach out to Elena Forzani at [email protected] and I will share the full job posting/contact info with you.

03/05/2025

Celebrating one year of our Literacy Collaborative, a partnership between BU Wheelock Reading & Literacies and Chelsea Public Schools. A huge thank you to Dr. Jenn Bryson for her skilled and caring leadership and to all of the Chelsea teachers, staff, students and families!

01/30/2025

Dear Literacy Education Colleagues,

We are heartbroken to share the incredibly sad news that Dr. Evelyn-Ford Connors passed away Tuesday evening from cancer. This is a devastating shock to all of us.

As many of you know, Evelyn was part of the Literacy Education program for many years and directed that program, including Reading Education and the Reading and Writing Clinic (now the Literacy Collaborative). Many of us spent time with her in the Clinic as she guided tutoring sessions and met with students, teachers, and families. She spent countless Saturdays and summer days at BU Wheelock making sure that students developed the skills they needed for teaching and that K-12 students also developed their literacy practices. Through this work, she helped develop and maintain a vibrant community of which we are all a part. Evelyn was always available to listen and to share advice with others, whether they were students or faculty. Although Evelyn retired a couple of years ago, she continued to teach an online writing course for our program. It is heartbreaking that she has left so early and so unexpectedly, and it is devastating to be sharing such news with you.

We also want to share information with you about funeral services for Evelyn:

Visiting Hours: Friday, February 7, 2025, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Acton Funeral Home
470 Massachusetts Avenue
Acton, MA 01720

Church Service: Saturday, February 8, 2025, 11 a.m.
Trinitarian Congregational Church
54 Walden Street
Concord, MA 01742

We are incredibly grateful to Evelyn for her tireless support of our program over the years. She had an enormous impact on many of us with her gracious presence, and we will miss her terribly.

With great sadness,

BU Wheelock Literacy Education Program