Here’s some shocking data for you. Or maybe, if you work in a school, not so shocking. Across the United States, *boys receive two-thirds of the D’s and F’s in our schools but less than 40% of the A’s *boys are twice as likely as girls to be labeled “emotionally disturbed” and twice as likely to be diagnosed with a behavioral or learning disorder *boys are four times as likely …
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March 11, 2020
The Gurian Institute has launched a podcast in collaboration with our friend and colleague, Tim Wright. The podcast is called The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting. It is specifically for parents, teachers, and others raising children from birth to college age. Michael Gurian answers questions from listeners and provides parenting advice. You can find our podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. We just hit the milestone …
March 5, 2020
Today, we are re-posting an edited version of a post that Michael Gurian wrote for our Gurian Institute Newsletter and Psychology Today more than a year ago. It is about the crises faced by our boys and young men. Over the last year and a half, we have received multiple requests that we post this blog again, and especially as Michael Gurian was just in the Los Angeles Unified School …
February 27, 2020
Our Summer Training Institute is set for the weekend of June 12-14, 2020 at beautiful Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. Army and Navy Academy (www.armyandnavyacademy.org) is a Gurian Model School and sits right on the beach. We are honored that the school has hosted us now for six years, and we thank everyone there for their wonderful job supporting visitors and guests. To learn more about the Summer …
February 21, 2020
The title of this blog could get put this other way: “Because I said, ‘Stop crying’ to my son when I was raising him, did I ruin his life?” I have been asked questions like this for more than thirty years, including recently, when I was serving on a conference panel to discuss fatherhood. At this conference, I heard another panel member tell the audience that a boy’s future health …
February 12, 2020
Just a few weeks ago in a video blog, I discussed how robust the research on male/female brain difference is these days. In fact, after four decades of brain scans showing male and female brains, it seems unnecessary to have to keep saying this, but every few years a social trend develops in which a few people decide to argue very loudly that female and male are small things. …
April 11, 2019
If you haven’t looked recently at our Products page, we hope you will click https://gurianinstitute.com/products/ and look at the products we offer. One of those is our 4 plus hour Online Course featuring Michael Gurian. You can get more specifics about this course at https://gurianinstitute.com/products/boys-and-girls-learn-differently-online-course/. The course can be used by whole school teams on Professional Development days. A school superintendent who used it with his staff called it “a …
February 6, 2020
Our Summer Training Institute is set for the weekend of June 12-14, 2020 at beautiful Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. Army and Navy Academy (www.armyandnavyacademy.org) is a Gurian Model School and sits right on the beach. We are honored that the school has hosted us now for six years, and we thank everyone there for their wonderful job supporting visitors and guests. To learn more about the Summer …
January 31, 2020
Our deepest thanks to everyone who attended and helped organize our Winter Training Institute! It took place this last weekend at the Lovett Middle School in Atlanta, GA, a Gurian Model School. As these photos will show, there was excitement, inspiration, team work, networking, and a love of learning that pervaded the whole event. On https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-winter-institute-2020/, you can see the keynotes, workshops, and other sessions that made up the …
January 27, 2020
For more than 20 years, the Gurian Institute has been certifying trainers to provide professional development and consulting in schools, organizations, and communities both in the United States and abroad. You can meet some of our trainers on https://gurianinstitute.com/trainers/. Earlier this year, we announced a major new GI initiative: “A Trainer in Every School.” The program’s goal is to equip every school with at least one certified trainer who can …
December 15, 2019
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