Green Acres School

Heads of Progressive Schools Speak

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 7:00 pm at Green Acres School

• Neal M. Brown, Ed.D., Head of Green Acres School
• Dan B. Frank, Ph.D., Head of Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, IL, and editor of the educational journal Schools—Studies in Education
• J. Robert Shirley, Ph.D., Head of Charleston Collegiate School in Charleston, SC; Executive Director of The National Center for Independent School Renewal (NCISR)

If you missed the first speaker series event, you can view video segments of it here.

What Brain Research Tells Us About Child Development

Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 7:00 pm at Green Acres School

Jay Giedd, M.D., Renowned researcher at National Institute of Mental Health on how and when the brain grows in young children and adolescents

For more information about Dr. Giedd’s exciting research, visit:

• Frontline: Inside the Teenage Brain
• What Makes Teens Tick
• EarthSky Interview: Jay Giedd explores nature versus nurture and other mysteries of the brain
• EarthSky Interview: Jay Giedd on whether humans use only part of the brain

How Research Informs the Teaching of Various Disciplines

Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:00 pm at Green Acres School

Moderated by Peter Braverman and Jari Graves-Highsmith, Green Acres School Middle and Lower School Heads

• Language Arts: Tracey Marks, Ph.D., teacher at Green Acres School
• Math: Susan Birnie, Curriculum Specialist for Mathematics for Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia and Regional Director of the National Council of Mathematics
• Science: Christie Byers, Center for Inspired Teaching, Washington, DC
• Foreign Language: Alison Mackey, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Applied Linguistics at Georgetown University; co-author of The Bilingual Edge: Why, When, and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language
• Arts Integration: Victoria Brown, Ph.D., Founder and Director of Lucy School and co-author of The Dramatic Difference: Drama in the Preschool and Kindergarten Classroom