Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It, featuring Jennifer Breheny Wallace and Denise Dubravec. The event will take place at New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, Cornog Auditorium, 7 Happ Rd., Northfield, IL 60093. NOTE: First 100 households will receive a free copy of Never Enough. Books will also be on sale. No […]
In Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal, Bettina L. Love, Ph.D. argues forcefully that, with the release of the 1983 report “A Nation at Risk: The Imperative […]
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 7:00 PM, Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success, Gorton Center, 400 E. Illinois Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045. Interviewer: Heidi Stevens. BONUS BOOK […]
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 7:00 PM, Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success, North Shore Country Day School, 310 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, IL 60093. Interviewer: Caitlin McLennan. […]
Friday, October 13, 2023, 7:00 PM, Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds, Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201. Interviewer: Kevin Warren. BONUS BOOK […]
Monday, October 23, 2023, 7:00 PM, Modeling Matters: What Parents Need to Know (and Do) to Decrease Stress, Worry, and Anxiety, Central School, Misner Auditorium, 620 Greenwood Ave., Glencoe, IL […]
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 7:00 PM, Modeling Matters: What Parents Need to Know (and Do) to Decrease Stress, Worry, and Anxiety, Francis W. Parker School, Heller Auditorium, 2233 N. Clark […]
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7:00 PM, Basics with Babish: Recipes for Screwing Up, Trying Again, and Hitting It Out of the Park, Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave, […]
Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 PM, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, a FAN webinar featuring Heather Cox Richardson, Ph.D., in conversation with Claire Bond Potter, Ph.D. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Democracy Awakening to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/RichardsonFANWebinar During the […]
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 7:00 PM (on Zoom) Register: www.bit.ly/MunozFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Women in Science Now from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Munoz that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. Women working […]
Thursday, November 2, 2023, 7:00 PM, Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream, a FAN webinar featuring David Leonhardt, in conversation with Matthew Desmond, Ph.D. Register: www.bit.ly/LeonhardtFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Ours Was the Shining Future from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to […]
Monday, November 6, 2023, 7:00 PM (on Zoom) Register: http://www.bit.ly/HeitnerFANSponsor BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Growing Up in Public from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Heitner and Stevens that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. […]