We are proud to announce our educational partnership with Army and Navy Academy (ANA) in Carlsbad, California.  A Middle and High School for boys, Army and Navy has become a Gurian Center for Educational Excellence.  Today’s blog post is about the school and its excellent programs. Our Summer Training Institute is around the corner, June 21 – 22, 2025 on Zoom, with recordings available for three weeks in case you …

Dr. Gregory Jantz and The Center, A Place of Hope have been at the forefront of mental health care for more than 30 years.  We are proud to have Dr. Jantz speak on helping our children, teens, and young adults with anxiety and depression at our Summer Institute.  His keynote will be prerecorded and Michael Gurian will join him for the final part his session to drill down deeply into …

Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, CA is a Gurian Institute Center for Educational Excellence.  CJ Kruska and Daniel Parlato, two of Crespi’s most innovative teachers, will speak on best practices in teaching and social emotional development in single sex/single gender classrooms–for both boys and girls–at our Summer Training Institute on Zoom in June. You can join them and all our speakers on June 21 – 22 and/or access the …

Dr. Paul Golding is the Founding Director of the Santa Fe Boys Foundation and a specialist in infant attachment and mental health.  His foundation is at the forefront of boys’ work in the Southwest.  We are honored to publish his guest post this week about Boys, A Rescue Plan. Our Summer Training Institute will take place on Zoom on June 21 – 22, 2025 with recordings available for three weeks.  …

The Gurian Institute is proud to offer a new Fatherhood track at our Summer Training Institute on Zoom.  Marion Hill, Founder of M.A.N.C.A.V.E., will be joined by POPs colleagues to provide an inspiring and powerful Sunday Morning Keynote.  To learn more about our Summer Training Institute and to register, click: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025/. To bring groups of five or more to hear Marion and the other speakers, please write Dakota Hoyt at info@gurianinstitute.com …

Classroom management is on every teacher’s mind these days, and by extension, every student’s.  As educators navigate increasing complex classroom environments filled with children’s socialization and behavior issues, classroom management is also, perhaps, on every parent’s mind. Schools need parents’ help in teaching children the boundaries and behavior needed to learn. Diane Roberts is a powerful speaker with expertise in classroom management.  We are honored to have her keynoting at …

I have been searching for mature masculinity since I was five years old when my mid-life father took an overdose of sleeping pills. He had become increasingly depressed because he felt he couldn’t support his family doing the work that he loved. We are living at a time when males feel increasingly disconnected from themselves, their families, and the community of life on planet Earth. Fortunately, my father survived, but …

Michael Gurian has been working at the forefront of sex and gender issues since the late 1980s to bring neuroscience into the public discussion.  To help our culture advance clear sex and gender policy, he has suggested that we use the term sexgender instead of gender to explore our own biological and cultural imperatives (Boys, A Rescue Plan, with Sean Kullman, 2025). In today’s blog post, Dr. Gurian explores President …