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Dear Parents and Caregivers,


Welcome October! As the season turns to fall, we look forward to changing leaves, crisper days, cooler nights...and Halloween! (or pumpkin spice lattes)


Thursday! How can we raise more creative and innovative kids? Tony Wagner, PhD, bestselling author and global education expert, presents Learning by Heart: Creating “Innovation-Ready” Students for the Future. (October 6, Online). 


How did the pandemic disrupt our children’s lives? NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz joins us to discuss her new book, The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now (October 13, Online)


On October 19, we continue our fentanyl education series with Stacey Wisniewski, Prevention Solutions, Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation, in Fentanyl Prevention Education: How to Help Teens Make Healthy Decisions (Online). 


NEW! What does nonbinary really mean? And what is gender nonconforming? Join author/designer Stuart Getty for a conversation on How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity (October 25, Online). 


NEW! How can you raise a well-balanced student? Denise Pope, PhD, co-founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education, presents Raising a Well-Balanced Student: Avoiding a Culture of Stress (October 26, Online).


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Upcoming 2022 - 2023 Events

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Learning by Heart: Creating “Innovation-Ready” Students for the Future


Tony Wagner, PhD, global expert in education and bestselling author of Creating Innovators, will discuss how we can prepare our students to bring the skills of innovation to whatever they do. 


Thursday, October 6, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Childrens' Lives, And Where We Go Now


NEW! NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz shows how the pandemic disrupted children’s lives—and how our country failed to put our children first.


Thursday, October 13, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

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Fentanyl Prevention Education: How to Help Teens Make Healthy Decisions 


NEW! Join Stacey Wisniewski, Prevention Solutions, Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation, to understand the risks of intentional and unintentional fentanyl use among adolescents (in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation). 


Wednesday, October 19, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity


Join us for a conversation with Stuart Getty, genderqueer author of How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity. 


Tuesday, October 25, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

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Raising a Well-Balanced Student: Avoiding a Culture of Stress 


How can you raise a well-balanced student in a high-pressure culture? Join Denise Pope, PhD, co-founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education, for tools and strategies.


Wednesday, October 26, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

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