lynch school of education and human development Archives

Lynch School Launches Transformative Education Lab To Promote Formative Education in K–12 Schools

Mei Dasgupta • September 21, 2025

The Lynch School of Education and Human Development will launch a new initiative this fall, the Transformative Education Lab, designed to promote holistic human development in education.

BC Theology Department Launches Three New Minors

Reetu Agnihotri and Mika Johnson • October 6, 2024

Boston College’s theology department is launching three new minors in partnership with the philosophy department and the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD).

BC To Offer New Psychological Humanities Minor This Fall

Annika Engelbrecht • March 24, 2024

Coming this fall, the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD) will offer a new minor in psychological humanities, open to all students.

Conway Emphasizes the Benefits of Restorative Practices in Prisons

Christine Lee and Jack Beckman • September 21, 2023

Spending time in the classroom benefits incarcerated individuals because it allows them to feel like students rather than prisoners, according to Patrick Conway, director of Boston College’s Prison Education Program. Conway spoke on Tuesday as part of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development’s Experience, Reflection, and Action seminar for first-year students.

BC’s Roche Center Receives $2.5 Million Grant From Healey Education Foundation

Lucy Freeman • August 9, 2023

The Healey Education Foundation awarded Boston College’s Roche Center for Catholic Education a $2.5 million grant, along with resources to establish a preK-12 Catholic school board training program. The grant will be dispersed over five years, providing the center roughly $500,000 per year.

Shaun Dougherty Now Heads New Catholic Education Research Initiative

Natalie Arndt • January 23, 2023

Shaun Dougherty now heads the Catholic Education Research Initiative, a project within the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD) that began last fall, according to a University release.

BC Researchers Publish Study Reporting Increased Rates of Adolescents Carrying Guns

Eliza Hernandez • May 1, 2022

A new study published by researchers in Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development details how the number of adolescents who carry guns increased significantly between 2002 and 2019.

Lynch and BCSSW Launch Institute of Early Childhood Policy

Ada Anderson • October 14, 2021

This fall, the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development and the BC School of Social Work launched the Institute of Early Childhood Policy (IECP), an interdisciplinary initiative created to strengthen research, policy, and student training in the domain of early childhood.

Lynch School Plans to Launch Four New Minors

Abby Hunt • September 23, 2019

The Lynch School of Education and Human Development is planning to launch minors in restorative justice; design thinking; cyberpsychology; and measurement, evaluation, statistics, and assessment (MESA).