Our Summer Training Institute is coming up soon, June 27 – 28 with Certified Trainer Certification on Monday June 29. Early Bird Registration for this Virtual Event ends this Friday, May 15. Take advantage of discounted pricing if you can! The event is convenient, including recordings available for three weeks, and interactive afternoon sessions with a strategies focus. To join this Summer’s event, please see https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2026/. Now here’s more …

Tim Wright’s books and blogs are helpful reminders of the need for care and compassion for child development in digital flux. Tim is a retired pastor in Phoenix, Arizona and has partnered with Michael Gurian and the Gurian Institute in rites of passage programs and summits for twenty years. Tim is also the author of the young adult Toby Baxter series and co-host, with Michael, of the Wonder of …

Literacy development is a key theme for any school and family.  It is also a key theme for our Virtual Summer Training Institute this June. To learn more about the event and to register, please visit https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2026/. Today’s blog post looks head on at what works to increase literacy…and improve student education as part of the effort. The Founder of Boys Who Write is Shaila Kapoor and the Director of …

Diane Roberts, Consulting Director of the Gurian Institute, was previously the Principal of a High School in Maryland that inculcated Gurian Institute theory and strategies and saw powerful and profound results. She has provided us with that story today. Diane will be one of the speakers featured at our GI Summer Training Institute in June. To learn more and to register, please visit https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2026/. We hope you will reach …

Jack Kammer is a social worker and author (jackkammer.com) who wrote us in connection with our January What Boys Need Conference. “I would like to suggest that we need to assure that boys see demand for their own future output. We know that the longing to give, to contribute, to provide is an essential aspect of male psychology. “But boys hear the chatter. ‘Are men even necessary?’ They need …

Now is a time when principals and school district personnel are planning professional development for the rest of this school year, for summer PD, and for the next school year.  Consulting Director of the Gurian Institute, Diane Roberts, has written this week’s blog post to help your organization explore how our professional development can help your school and community. The success of our PD in schools, academies, and communities …