Boston University School of Education

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Boston University School of Education (SED) is the school of education within Boston University. It is located on the University's Charles River Campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Hardin Coleman has been appointed as Dean of SED beginning July 2008, replacing Dean ad interim Charles Glenn. Coleman comes to the School from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a assistant dean, psychology professor, and long time educator. SED has more than 29,000 alumni, 104 full-time faculty, and both undergraduate and graduate students^[2]. Boston University School of Education is ranked 68th in the nation in the 2008 U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate schools of education ^[3].

[edit] History

Established in 1918, the Boston University School of Education has a long tradition of commitment to the community:

• In 1977, the Boston University School of Education and a selection of Boston-area school districts, social service agencies, and overseas universities came together to form a consortium for the mutual exchange of expertise and training. Since that time, consortium school systems and social service agencies have offered SED students with a variety of settings in which to student-teach, gain school-based counseling experience, and work as administrative interns.
• The Boston University/Chelsea Partnership is the only example of a private university accepting responsibility for the day-to-day management of a public school system. Boston University provides managerial and educational expertise to oversee and rebuild an entire urban school system and to construct a model for the reform of urban education. The challenges faced by the partnership in Chelsea are typical of those faced in economically disadvantaged urban areas throughout the United States. In June 1989, Boston University accepted the invitation of the Chelsea School Committee to manage the Chelsea Public Schools under a unique ten-year partnership agreement. By unanimous vote of the Chelsea School Committee in 1997, that agreement was extended an additional five years. In June 2002, the School Committee once again voted to invite Boston University to extend the partnership, this time through June 2008. The Boston University Chelsea Partnership remains the only instance in which a private university has accepted responsibility for the overall day-to-day management of a public school system. The University receives no monetary compensation for its work; rather, it provides managerial and educational expertise and oversight in order to rebuild an entire urban school system and to construct a model for the reform of urban education. The challenges faced by the partnership in Chelsea are typical of those faced in economically disadvantaged urban areas throughout the United States.
• Boston University is one of five universities involved in Step UP, an unprecedented collaboration with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the City of Boston to help ten local schools. Step UP was formed in the fall of 2006 and provides comprehensive, coordinated services aimed at improving student performance. Boston University’s two partner schools are the William Monroe Trotter Elementary School in Dorchester and the English High School in Jamaica Plain. Based on the needs identified by each partner school, BU aims to help the Trotter and the English make improvements in areas such as instruction and tutoring, after-school support, student wellness and safety, and family and community engagement.

[edit] Recent Developments

In 2008, Boston University announced that it finally found a permanent dean, Dr. Hardin Coleman from University of Wisconsin - Madison, to take over for the fall 2008 semester replacing Dean Ad Interim Charles Glenn.

[edit] Granted Degrees

Boston University School of Education grants undergraduate degrees in the following academic concentrations^[4]:

• Deaf Studies (BS)
• Early Childhood Education (BS)
• Elementary Education (BS)
• English Education (BS)
• English as a Second Language (BS)
• History and Social Science Education (BS)
• Mathematics Education (BS)
• Modern Foreign Language Education (BS)
• Science Education (BS)
• Special Education (BS)

Moderate Disabilities

Severe Disabilities

Community Services for Individuals with Disabilities

Boston University School of Education grants graduate degrees in the following academic concentrations^[5]:

• Bilingual Education (EdM, CAGS)
• Counseling

School Counseling (EdM, CAGS)

Community Counseling (EdM, CAGS)

Sport Psychology (EdM, CAGS)

• Counseling Psychology

Sport Psychology (EdD)

• Curriculum and Teaching (EdM, CAGS, EdD)
• Developmental Studies

Human Development and Education (EdM, CAGS, EdD)

Literacy and Language Education (EdM, CAGS, EdD)

• Early Childhood Education (EdM, CAGS, EdD)
• Education of the Deaf (EdM, CAGS)
• Educational Media and Technology (EdM, CAGS, EdD)
• Elementary Education (EdM)
• English and Language Arts Education (EdM, MAT, CAGS, EdD)
• Health Education (EdM, CAGS)
• History and Social Science Education (EdM, MAT, CAGS, EdD)
• Human Resource Education (EdM, CAGS)
• International Educational Development (EdM)
• Latin and Classical Humanties (MAT)
• Master of Mathematics for Teaching (MMT)
• Mathematics Education (EdM, CAGS, EdD)
• Modern Foreign Language Education (EdM, MAT)
• Physical Education, Coaching (EdM, CAGS, EdD)
• Policy, Planning, and Administration (EdD)

Community Education Leadership (EdM)

Educational Adminisration (EdM, CAGS)

Higher Education Administration (EdM, CAGS)

• Reading Education (EdM, CAGS)
• Science Education (EdM, MAT, CAGS, EdD)
• Special Education

Community Services for Individuals with Disabilities (EdM, CAGS)

Disability and Social Work (EdD)

Justice, Education, and Disability (EdD)

Moderate Disabilities (EdM, CAGS)

Severe Disabilities (EdM, CAGS)

Special Education Administration (EdM, CAGS, EdD)

Teaching, Learning, and Disability (EdD)

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (EdM, CAGS)

[edit] Centers

• Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
• The Center for the Study of Communication and the Deaf

[edit] Notable Alumni

Robert Antonucci, SED’83, President of Fitchburg State College
Linda Applegarth, SED’71,’75, Director of Psychological Services at the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in both the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Wendy J. Chamberlin, SED’71, former U.S. Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, currently President of the Middle East Institute
Mae Chu Chang, SED’79, Lead General Educator for East Asia and the Pacific Region of the World Bank
Gardner Dunnan, SED’65,
Marylouise Fennell, RSM, SED’76, Senior counsel for the Washington, D.C.-based Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)
Nancy Dodd Harrington, SED’70, former Salem State College President
Clifford Janey, SED’84, Superintendent of Schools, Washington D.C.
Richard Schwab, SED’74, Dean of the Neag School of Education and Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Connecticut

[edit] References

1. ^ Boston University - Office of the University Registrar - General Information - Tuition and Fees - 2007-2008
2. ^ School of Education | Schools & Colleges | Academics | Boston University
3. ^ US News and World Report Education Graduate Schools 2008
4. ^ http://www.bu.edu/sed/students/prospective/undergraduate/programs/index.html
5. ^ http://www.bu.edu/sed/students/prospective/graduate/programs/index.html

[edit] External links

• Boston University School of Education
• Boston University