Q: Should we have more debates in our classrooms? A: Yes! As a boy raised by Jewish parents, I spent a lot of my own boyhood debating—debating my parents, debating other kids in Sunday school, debating teachers in their classrooms (sometimes somewhat too obnoxiously!), and debating my siblings. My mother called me “the fastest mouth in the west.” Generally, she meant this both as a compliment and a complaint. I …
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March 27, 2017
Dr. Gurian and The Gurian Institute have been on the move this year to places near and far. Trainings in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Arizona, California, and New Jersey…and it is only March! In each of these locales, the take away feedback is always the same….How do we get more of this?.. and How come I didn’t learn this in my teacher training? Or that it did not …
March 20, 2017
Ask Dr. Gurian by Michael Gurian, www.gurianinstitute.com Q: Is there really a “He” or “She” anymore? A: Yes. But when we hear the question, we must ask: ‘What are you referring to by He or She? TIME recently published a cover story, “Beyond He or She,” that was short on actual brain science. It was summarized by the editors of Time this way. “TIME interviewed dozens of people around the …
March 17, 2017
All of my life I have been surrounded by girls. Growing up with 4 sisters was quite a chaotic scene, although there were some pretty great moments of calm as well.As a mother of 4 girls, I am often asked if this is a nightmare. I get the gasps and the stares, the rolling of the eyes and the “Oh you’re in so much trouble in a few years”. …
March 1, 2017
“The Other Side Of The Report Card”-what a novel concept! As I listened to Dr. Michele Borba’s 1 :30 minute promo clip for an upcoming conference, I marveled at the thought of what I had longed to put into words all of these years. After 22 years in education, we still miss the mark in places. Why? Because, in some places, our “lens” is off. Recently, in our Gurian trainings, …
February 16, 2017
The Gurian Institute has been very busy this week as we wrapped up our 3rd Gurian Winter Institute on the shores of Tampa Bay and St. Pete Beach, Florida. What a wonderful weekend of learning and courageous conversations! A diverse group of educators from our Gurian Model Schools as well as new participants to our platform enjoyed keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Gurian, as well as an array of our Gurian …
February 6, 2017
Blog post by Michael Gurian In thirty years of working with children, I have never been more worried than I am right now for our sons. Some boys are doing very well but millions are disappearing into violence, imprisonment, social withdrawal, listlessness, virtual worlds, and real life self-destruction. If we don’t end this national pattern, our boys and young men will become increasingly destructive, both to others and themselves because …
January 30, 2017
This week was a wonderful week of planning, executing, and pulling together many groups from around the globe as I pulled together the Gurian Winter Institute in Florida. I liken it to a wedding…plan, plan, plan, and then poof! it is over. While it was not as permanent as a wedding in the sense of vows taken, it was in a sense the same as educators from around the world …
January 30, 2017
There are many things that fascinate me. Human behavior is one of them. The brain, how we protect ourselves from danger, how we sometimes don’t listen to our gut, and instead rely on the past or our own lens, to make decisions. Recently I saw the movie “Fences”. I really enjoyed it, some did not. I enjoyed it not because it was Denzel Washington, although he was the driving force …
January 11, 2017
How is your son doing? How are YOU doing? If he is struggling or withdrawn, complaining about school, acting out, bored, or volatile – isn’t it time to address his hatred/dislike/disdain of school? Mark January 24th/25th on your calendar. This never-been-done-before FREE WEBINAR brings together two boy-experts – Janet Allison of Boys Alive!, a Gurian Master Trainer and Educator AND Jennifer Fink of Building Boys.net, mom of 4 boys and nationally acclaimed writer. Janet and Jen …
January 4, 2017
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