The Gurian Institute was introduced to one of the co-founders of the BOND Project, Dr. Daryl Howard, three years ago as the Achievement Academic Excellence and Equity for Black Boys Initiative was founded in Maryland.  Dr. Howard helped spearhead that Initiative along with Dr. Vermelle Greene, who will be speaking at our Summer Institute in June.  An educator and trainer, Dr. Howard is also co-founder of the BOND Project. BOND …

Today’s blog post is by Gurian Master Trainer Rob Kodama.  After dedicating 28 years to education at Crespi Carmelite High School, a Gurian Center for Educational Excellence in Encino, California, where Rob was Director of Admissions, Rob has embarked on a new chapter in his career by joining Vidigami, an education technology company.  Rob will be a special guest at our Summer Institute in June to discuss how to leverage …

Sean Kullman will be a keynote speaker at our Summer Training Institute in June. We hope you will find his guest blog post as fascinating and powerful as we do. To learn more about the Summer Training Institute and to register individuals, please visit: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2024/. If you can bring groups of five or more, please email us at info@gurianinstitute.com to get that set up. “By virtually every measure, girls are …

Summer is coming  up sooner than we think, and that means it is time for our 26th annual Gurian Summer Training Institute!  This event will be held on Zoom on June 22 – 23, 2024, with expanded opportunities to watch all the sessions:  Pre-Service workshops will be available from June 17 – July 8 and the live weekend sessions will be available through July 8 as well. Please save the …

As our readers know, Michael Gurian and the Gurian Institute have been experimenting with ways to directly reach you, our Gurian readers and friends, via a membership service.  Michael’s Substack is now available for subscription.  We hope you will join Michael on Substack.  It is easy to do, inexpensive, and includes a lot of other goodies. Here’s more from Michael Gurian about his Substack. I am excited to announce that …

Kathy Stevens, our GI Executive Director for ten years, passed away in 2012, but left a huge legacy in GI work.  Years after her passing, as you’ll see in this blog post, she inspired her son, Mike Roe, to join his wife, Heather, in writing a children’s book, Gracie’s First Day.  The book is for children 3 – 7.  It explores, with them, their first day at school, and …