You may have recently seen media stories showing the significant majority of Covid deaths and severe illness are male (e.g. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/studies-find-men-more-prone-covid-19-death). This is true not just among men but also boys (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/16/uk-lockdown-causing-serious-mental-illness-in-first-time-patients, https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/boys-severe-coronavirus-symptoms/). In our own Gurian Institute educational network, we are hearing how much more trouble boys are having than girls, on average, with academic motivation and achievement during Covid distance learning. In a previous essay (May 6, 2020, …
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May 24, 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/. Last year, we announced a major new GI initiative: “Let’ Have a Trainer in Every School!” This initiative is about equipping every school with at least one certified trainer who can …
June 1, 2020
Tim Wright organizes a number of our Gurian Institute Helping Boys Thrive Summits and presents workshops worldwide on gender issues. He will provide a workshop at our Virtual Summer Training Institute (June 27 – July 1) titled Dynamic Rites of Passage for Boys and Girls: How to Develop and Use Strategies, Models, and Successful Programs in Your School or Community. Tim focuses on the boy part of this equation in …
May 14, 2020
No matter what happens with COVID-19 protocols, our Summer Training Institute will be held virtually and online. It will happen on June 27-28 first, then every paid registrant will also get access to all the recorded keynotes and workshops through July 1. We hope you’ll join us for this powerful multi-day event. It will be easy to access via your device. Group discounts are available by contacting gail@gurianinstitute.com. Eva Dwight, …
May 11, 2020
My father, Dr. Jay P. Gurian, a retired American Studies professor and Cultural officer for the State Department, just turned 91. Locked into an assisted living facility under the shadow of Covid, suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and two other lung conditions, he is one of the people most vulnerable to Covid related illness and death. As our country shut its economy down early in March, he said, …
May 2, 2020
“What is one life worth?” We have heard this question asked in relation to locking down our nation and world to save our vulnerable elders during the Covid-19 crisis. In the wake of George Floyd’s death and so many others like it, mustn’t the same question, “What is one life worth?” be asked with as much voice and heart for boys and men of color? What is their value to …
June 4, 2020
Some of you have written and called about rumors that school may not start this Fall, at least not in some brick-and-mortar locations, but instead may transpire online, as it did this spring. Others have written that Summer and Back-to-School PD will need to transpire online and virtually, as well. If this happens in your school or district, please let us know. We provide PD via Zoom, webinar, and other …
April 27, 2020
“We are at each other’s throats,” a client told me via tele-coaching this week. “We’re together all the time, he lost his job, we have three kids trying to do schoolwork, and I have to cloister in the bedroom to work from home. We are in constant conflict.” Another client via telephone downplayed his conflicts with his partner, (I will use “partner” to mean spouse or mate in any …
April 19, 2020
We are in the midst of the COVID-19 lock down, spending a lot of time together, and discovering new ways of bonding and learning. At the same time, many of us are eating a lot of junk food because it provides easy take-out or delivery options. We and our kids eat that junk food together, and it lasts around the house for snacks. The family bonding is wonderful, but …
April 13, 2020
We have two important announcements today. First, our Gurian Summer Training Institute will happen! It is going to be an online event over the weekend of June 27-28, with each session also available online to paid participants for a set period of time after the weekend. While we will miss seeing you in Carlsbad, CA this year, we are excited by the ability to reach you where you are. Please …
April 5, 2020
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