Common Ground Speaker Series

Stanbridge Academy is proud to be a member school of the Common Ground Speaker Series. Each school year, Common Ground presents distinguished speakers in education, parenting, and health at venues across the San Francisco Peninsula.

​Parents, faculty and staff at dozens of member schools attend Common Ground events free of charge. Guests from non-member schools and the general community are welcome to register and attend virtual live stream events for a non-refundable $10 fee. Registration closes two hours before the start of each event or when maximum registration is reached.

Upcoming Events

Rebecca Winthrop and Jenny Anderson​
Helping Kids Thrive in the Age of AI
with the Authors of The Disengaged Teen
Tuesday, December 2 | 10:00-11:15 AM
Please note special early start time
Via Zoom
How will our students interact with AI – in the classroom and at home? We’ve learned from neuroscience that attention, cognition and learning thrive when there is belonging and connection. As more educational content is channeled through AI, we’ve yet to define its parameters to keep learning centered around teaching. Our speakers study and write about generative AI’s role in education and observe how it is poised to replace human connection as more youth turn to it for learning, companionship and therapy. Our speakers will share recommendations that define and support engaged learning in the age of AI.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS​
Jenny Anderson is an award-winning journalist and author who writes about education. She has spent over a decade at The New York Times before pioneering coverage on the science of learning at Quartz.  

Rebecca Winthrop studies how parents and educators can collaborate to help children flourish. She is a leading global authority on education, the director of the Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Currently, she does research on AI literacy and how to incorporate AI into education as the lead of Brookings Global Task Force on AI in Education.

Prior Events

Beginning in Fall 2002, the San Francisco Peninsula's Common Ground Speaker Series has covered a wide variety of parenting, health, and education topics to help launch the next generation. Current Stanbridge families can view recordings of events from current and past seasons. Visit their Past Season webpage for access to videos and speaker notes of prior events, as well as highlights from past seasons. Find the password on weekly SPA Mails or check-in with the current Common Ground Co-Representatives: Pamela Davies & Nicole Koblis.