Resources for Home
Living Our New School Values
- Kindness by Sara Jennings
- Curiosity by Taylor Burkhart
- Courage by Leyla Momeny
- Responsible by Sarah Lucas
Education/Policy
- Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
- Information on the bipartisan bill to fix "No Child Left Behind" - Every Student Succeeds Act
- PR One podcast: Freedom to Explore; Two Schools Where Kids Call the Shots [in English only]
Academics/Learning
Social/Emotional
- Bully prevention and positive social skills website - KidPower.org
- Strategies for increasing positive behavior - a webinar hosted by El Dorado Charter (SELPA)
- Article in Huffington Post - "What do we tell the Children"
- Blog from Teaching Tolerance - "What to Say to Kids on November 10th and the days After"
Diversity and Equity
- The Problem We All Live With -- a two-part podcast with Nikole Hannah-Jones about integration in U.S. schools
- Can A Divided America Heal? A reflection on the 2016 election season, shifts in the definition of left and right in the U.S., and potential ways to move forward.
Birds and the Bees
- How to talk to kids about the birds and the bees - Birds + Bees + Kids
Parent Education Series in the Bay Area
San Francisco
Speakers for Parents, Educators, And Knowledge (SPEAK)
http://www.speaksf.org/
Parents Education Network
http://www.parentseducationnetwork.org/In-Your-Area/CA/San-Francisco/
UCSF Parent Education Events
http://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/familyservices/services/parent_education
Peninsula
Common Ground Speaker Series (Peninsula)
http://www.commongroundspeakerseries.org/
Peninsula Parent Education Series (Peninsula)
http://www.smuhsd.org/peninsulaparentspeakerseries
East Bay
Piedmont Education Speaker Series (East Bay)
http://www.piedmontportal.org/education-speaker-series/
Marin
Marin Academy Parent Education Series (Marin)
http://www.ma.org/page/parents/mapa/parent-education