Education Speaker Series Features Author Madeline Levine on Oct. 25

From a press release:

Education Speaker Series: An Evening with Madeline Levine, Ph. D., author of The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success.

The second program of Piedmont’s pilot Education Speaker Series will feature Madeline Levine, Ph.D., on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Alan Harvey Theater at Piedmont High School.

Dr. Levine, a clinician, consultant, and educator with over 25 years of experience, is the best-selling author of The Price of Privilege (2006) and Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success (2012).

Levine is also the co-founder of the non-profit Challenge Success, a program of the Stanford School of Education that addresses education reform and student well-being.

She will address why values and coping skills matter more than grades, trophies or “fat” envelopes from selective college admissions offices, how a parent's hopes and fears about a child's success can affect parenting, and how certain strategies can encourage children to find their own definitions of success rather than conform to a narrow, academic definition of accomplishment. Levine is also the co-founder of the non-profit Challenge Success, a program of the Stanford School of Education that addresses education reform and student well-being.

Levine's last appearance in Piedmont sold out early. Seating is limited. The only way to reserve a seat for this event is by signing up for the Speaker Series for $50. Registration is open now via the Piedmont Adult School Moonlighter (http://piedmontadultschool.org/c_lectures.aspx). [Editor's note: the Piedmont Adult School website appeared to be having problems Oct. 21. If it won't load properly, call 510-594-2655 for information.]

Another speaker for the series was just confirmed for Feb. 28, 2013 Stanford lecturer Dr. Denise Pope, author of Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students.

Other speakers include Dr. Cheryl Wozniak on reading research, Bruce Valentine from the Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes at Children's Hospital, and Stephanie Rafanelli, a school coach and a parent education facilitator for Challenge Success, on current topics in K-12 education.

The series is presented by the Piedmont Unified School District, the Piedmont Adult School and the Associated Parent Clubs of Piedmont.

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