{"id":66596,"date":"2021-11-21T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66596"},"modified":"2023-09-15T23:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T03:50:38","slug":"a-hub-for-policymakers","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/magazine\/articles\/2021\/a-hub-for-policymakers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hub For Policymakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1063\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Lightbulb in front of chalkboard\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-900x374.jpg 900w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1500x623.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1536x638.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-2048x850.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1200x498.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-500x208.jpg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-992x412.jpg 992w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1920x797.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1000x415.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1984x824.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/10\/Policy_Banner-1628x676.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by: Getty Images\/iStock<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Centers institutes &amp; labs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Hub For Policymakers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Wheelock Educational Policy Center works to improve outcomes for historically marginalized students<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">November 21, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><strong>When Dean David J. Chard considered the full impact that the new BU Wheelock could make after the 2018 merger of Wheelock and BU, \u201cit 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,\u201d he says.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That thinking has resulted in the creation of the new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelockpolicycenter.org\/\">Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC)<\/a>, an interdisciplinary hub for research that aims to drive national conversations and policy decisions that influence educational results for historically marginalized students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur 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,\u201d says Chard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/new-wheelock-educational-policy-center\/\">Read the full story on&nbsp;<em>BU Today<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Dean David J. 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