On Friday, April 6, I’ll be giving a talk at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, as part of a two-day conference on “The New Politics of Parenthood.” My talk, drawn from the reporting I did for my forthcoming book, “How Children Succeed” is titled “How Children Succeed: Schools, Parents, and the Cultivation of Character.”
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Conference at Bowdoin
Sunday, March 18th, 2012Maine TV
Friday, June 19th, 2009From the NBC affiliate in Portland, a report on this week’s Child Welfare Conference at the University of Maine, with some footage (or inch-age) of my keynote address.
Child Welfare Conference in Maine
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009On June 18, I’ll be the keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Child Welfare Conference at the University of Maine, which is just outside Bangor. According to this press release, the conference
will examine a wide range of issues most affecting children today, including poverty, education, substance abuse, serious child injury and child exploitation. The conference, titled “Hot in Child Welfare,” is designed for professionals working with children, and is open to the public. It begins at 8 a.m. at the Wells Conference Center on the UMaine campus. Registration forms and information about fees can be obtained by calling 581-2398 or emailing: RArnold@maine.edu.