This is Thanksgiving week in the United States, a time to experience gratitude for what has been and what will be.  The Gurian Institute thanks you for all your support over the years and we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving wherever you are. From his Story of a Man collection, today’s blog post is Michael Gurian’s “Gratitude.”   (I am Jewish and so I use the word, “God,” but if …

Michael Gurian writes, “Wherever I travel to speak and consult this year, whether in person or via Zoom, I am asked about sex, gender, trans, gender non-binary, and connections to the brain and child development.  With thousands of young people struggling with gender dysphoria and many more asking gender identity questions, we must grapple with a new situation.” In this blog, Michael provides a number of resources for understanding and …

Do you want to embed GI work into your school, system, or community?  We have a new, easy-to-use Trainer and Membership program that allows you to do just that. Based on success data acquired over a multi-decade period (www.gurianinstitute.com/success)  GI began certifying trainers in the 1990s, with hundreds of people like you certifying over the decades.  Now we are adding a Membership service to the Trainer program, one that we …

For 25 years, the Gurian Institute has been training educators and other professionals to innovate in their communities via trainer and teacher training, online courses, conference keynotes and workshops, educational consulting, and curriculum development.  All these programs have, in a sense, built up to our new Train-the Trainer Membership program. Michael Gurian, who will be leading this project, writes, “I believe this program can spread the message and the tools …

We are proud to announce the newest Gurian Institute (GI) Regional Center for Excellence at Crespi Carmelite High School (Crespi) in Encino, California.  Serving the whole Los Angeles area, as well as students from overseas, Crespi embodies generations of educational excellence.  It became the Gurian Institute’s first Model School in 2006.  It is now a Gurian Institute Center for Excellence! Today’s post is devoted to introducing you to this remarkable …