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Whole Child, Whole Day: Leadership Panel

September 19, 2008

Thomas M. Menino mayor, city of Boston [homepage]

Amy Kershaw acting commissioner, early education and care

Carol Johnson superintendent, Boston Public Schools [homepage]

Emily Sherwood director, children's behavioral health, EOHHS [homepage]

A leadership panel, comprised of Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson, Director of the Children's Behavioral Health Initiative at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Emily Sherwood, Acting Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw, and others, discusses how to create a system where all children can thrive and succeed.

The Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR) at McLean Hospital and Harvard University, hosts its 6th annual leadership conference. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Honorary Chair of the conference, set the agenda for the day with topics including working with youth in the community, education, mental health, family support, social service and criminal justice.

The PEAR conference is sponsored by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Partners HealthCare, the Red Sox Foundation, and the Abrams Foundation.

Series:

Greater Boston: Project Dropout Series

Topics: Culture & Identity | Education | Science & Nature

Sub-Topics: Achievement Gap | Classroom & Community | Education Reform

Presented by WGBH, McLean Hospital and Program in Education, Afterschool & Resiliency:

McLean Hospital

A Conversation with Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis

Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Susan Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served -- over 150 million of the world's poorest households.

Religious Belief and Reason: A Talk Led By Two Really Smart Guys

Is religious belief irrational? Is reason irreligious? If not, how can the two be reconciled?

Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter on Civic Education

Sandra Day O'Connor

Retired Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter explain the importance of civic education to a democratic society with Linda Greenhouse, a Pultizer-Prize winning New York Times reporter and Senior Fellow at Yale Law School.

Reforming Boston Schools: Race, History, and the Future

Joseph Cronin, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education; George Greenidge, Executive Director of National Black College Alliance; Claudio Martinez, Executive Director of Hyde Square Task Force; and Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO, join moderator Tessil Collins, senior coordinator of the

Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part II

Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.

Eco Innovations: Small Sparks, Big Impact

Shakeel Avadhany

This Carnegie Council panel asks: How do sustainable innovations make it to market? Three very different inventors talk about their creative process, how their inventions have had a social impact, and what a more sustainable society might look like.

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