Hello all,

I am writing to recommend a speaker for parents.

We have had Olen Kalkus speak twice in the 5 years our “new” building has been open, and what he says has opened my eyes and changed the way I react to young people in the library.  He has never charged us anything for the program but he does bring a power point presentation and would like to be able to use your computer and screen.

 One thing not mentioned below is that while the Princeton Academy is a boys school (grades  Junior Kindergarten to 8),  Mr Kalkus has also been headmaster of an all girls school and has children of both genders.

Jan

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Jan Johnson

Manager of Youth Services

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street

Princeton NJ 08542

609-924-9529 ext 240

fax 609-924-7937

Here is the blurb that his contact,  Tom Von Oehsen,  has sent me:

Boys and Girls Learn Differently

Olen Kalkus, founding Headmaster of Princeton Academy, discusses the latest research on boys’ development. Learn why boys are disengaging from schooling worldwide.

Recently a great deal of research into brain-based gender differences in learning has emerged.  The assumption that co-educational environments are the best environments for all children in all grades is coming into question in light of this emerging research and the declining level of academic and co-curricular achievement of males nationwide.  Books such as Boys and Girls Learn Differently by Michael Gurian, and Why Gender Matters by Leonard Sax, present new research findings in the field of gender-based brain development that support gender-based approaches towards educating children.  Mr. Kalkus will share some of the more compelling findings from this research and their implication for educating children in the twenty-first century.

For more information or to schedule Mr. Kalkus to speak at your library please contact:

Thomas von Oehsen

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(609) 924-8143