2025-2026 Community Education Series

Nic Stone will be using a combination of history, anthropological findings, and personal experiences, to walk the audience through the role of story in human beings to dominate the earth. All to encourage audience members to own their story-making, story-shifting, and story-sharing powers, to become active participants in the collective story we’re all living.
 

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What will learning look like in five years — or even next fall? Join Sal Khan, visionary educator and founder of Khan Academy, for an urgent and inspiring conversation about the way AI is transforming education, what that means for your child’s learning and how you can help them adapt in a rapidly changing world.

Better understanding leads to better support. Join Dr. Sasha Hamdani, board-certified psychiatrist and ADHD specialist, for an insightful talk to help you decipher what’s really going on in your child’s brain. Discover how to spot ADHD symptoms, choose the right treatments and confidently support their mental health through everyday challenges.

Breathing exercises only get you so far; real progress happens when you understand the root cause of anger. Renee Jain, founder of GoZen!, a widely used platform that helps kids build emotional strength, joins us to guide parents in understanding their child’s anger, what’s happening in the brain during outbursts and how to better respond in the moment.

Is educational technology really helping our kids learn? Neuroscientist and educator Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals why parents and educators must push back against digital overreach and restore genuine, meaningful learning for kids — at home and in the classroom.

Boys are struggling — in school, in relationships and with mental health — and it may signal a deeper issue. In this eye-opening talk, author, expert and father of three Richard Reeves will share what’s behind the troubling trend and how parents can raise confident, thriving boys in today’s world.

Technology has changed, but what kids need has not. Andrea Davis, founder of Better  Screen Time, joins us to guide caregivers on a slow-tech path that prioritizes family connection. Whether your family is already deeply entrenched in screen use or just starting to set boundaries, she offers hopeful, empowering strategies — and the reassurance that it’s never too late to turn things around.