Dear Lynch School Community,

Throughout the Lynch School’s history, we’ve valued community and put our mission at the center of the remarkable work we do. As a result, this is a collaborative place, where students and faculty members regard one another as partners rather than competitors. This legacy leads to a question that has engaged me throughout my first year as dean: can a school of education both compete at elite levels—where there is great weight placed on individual success—and still be mission-driven and collaborative? The Lynch School has taught me that the answer is yes.

Read more from Stanton Wortham, Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean »

City Connects has emerged as a national model for addressing out-of-school challenges—such as poor health care or lack of enrichment—that discourage low-income students from learning and thriving. Rooted in developmental science research, the program applies a “whole child” approach to intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical development. And a growing body of research shows that the program produces measurable and lasting effects in school and later in life.

View video to learn how City Connects builds “the proverbial village around the child” »

Lynch School Professors Henry Braun and Diana Pullin were elected into the National Academy of Education (NAEd) in February. While both have pursued singularly successful careers, neither ever expected to join the elite group of researchers and educators. 

Read more about Braun, Pullin—and why NAEd chose them »

In late April, Lynch School faculty, graduate students, and alumni joined some 18,000 others in San Antonio, Texas, at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting. The largest educational research organization in the world, AERA conferences, says Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools and former AERA president, are where education “ideas collide.” (Pictured: Cochran-Smith and doctoral candidate Shawn Savage)

Read more about Lynch School involvement at AERA »

Professor Mike Barnett has made his reputation as an innovative teacher, continually seeking out new platforms—in classrooms and laboratories, greenhouses and farmers’ markets, and urban gardens—in which to explore new ways of engaging young people in STEM learning. Recently, Barnett turned his sights on the stage. Working with fellow Boston College faculty, a local playwright, and the youth theater at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, Barnett has overseen the creation and production of the play The Important Thing About Earthquakes. (Pictured: Boston-area playwright Walt McGough, Watertown Children’s Theater Producing Artistic Director Meghan Hill, and Barnett) 

Read BC News story about Barnett’s one-act play »

The Lynch School of Education recently launched its new website with bold images, compelling videos, and a responsive mobile design. The updated site features stories of faculty research and student involvement that are easier to see, read, and navigate.

Visit the new site at www.bc.edu/lsoe »

Tiffany Cooper Gueye ’00, Ph.D. ’07, chief executive officer of BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life), one of the nation’s leading nonprofit providers of quality expanded learning programs for children in grades pre-K–8, received an honorary Doctor of Science in Education degree from Boston College at the University’s Commencement in May.

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