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Parent Seminar: Single-Sex Education, Why it Works

Dr. Karen E. Bohlin and St. Sebastian's Headmaster Mr. William L. Burke will address the benefits of single-sex education.
Dr. Karen Bohlin, Head of Montrose School, and Mr. William L. Burke III, Headmaster of St. Sebastian’s School, will discuss the merits of single-sex education, addressing the fundamentals of how girls and boys learn best.

Dr. Karen E. Bohlin Dr. Karen Bohlin is head of the Montrose School and a senior scholar at Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility (CCSR). A former high school teacher and Assistant Professor of Education at Boston University, Dr. Bohlin is the author of several books on character development and is co-editor of the soon to be released book, Happiness and Virtue: Beyond East and West Toward a New Global Responsibility. A past guest on NPR’s Merrow Report and CBS’s Early Show, she has also been interviewed for Parents Magazine, US News and World Report, Reader’s Digest, New York Times, Boston Globe, and Newsweek. Dr. Bohlin has led numerous professional development programs for school leaders both here and in several countries abroad including England, Austria, Switzerland and Japan.
 
Mr. William L. Burke III has served St. Sebastian’s School as headmaster since 1990. Prior to St. Sebastian’s, Mr. Burke was an English teacher and Director of Studies at Holderness School before moving on to Canterbury School as Assistant Headmaster. He is a member of the Headmaster’s Association and has served on the boards of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Independent Schools in New England. He is the recipient of Harvard Club of Boston’s Friends of Education Award, 2009 and the St. James Society’s Cardinal Cushing Award, 2011. A highly sought after speaker, Mr. Burke has recently presented at Middlebury College, Yale Divinity School, and the International Boys’ Schools Conference in London, England.

Admission: This event is open to the public and free of charge.

Contact: Ellen Baker, Director of Advising & Parent Enrichment 508.359.2423 ext. 319
ebaker@montroseschool.org
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