Why I joined the board by David Kundtz
Hello to all the friends and fans of GroundSpark. I’m the new guy on the board of directors. Brittney Shepherd, our staff producer, asked me to introduce myself and answer the question: Why did you...
View ArticleIn memory of Hannah Landers
At every screening of Straightlaced where there is a Q and A afterwards, someone always, understandably, asks, “Who is Hannah Landers?” Because at the end of the film, a title comes up that says: In...
View ArticleDear Sporty Hot Dog Girl
Last week we received an email from a woman named Monique Marshall. Apparently she had attended the Straightlaced premiere in Los Angeles last March. Monique purchased a copy of the film and then took...
View ArticleGreensboro, NC Educators Take Respect for All to the Next Level
Last year I went to Greensboro, North Carolina to screen Straightlaced, It’s Elementary, It’s Still Elementary, Let’s Get Real, and That’s a Family! for several different groups of educators in the...
View ArticleCan karate classes combat bullying?
I’m Sukh, an intern for GroundSpark and a student of public health interested in the issue of school bullying as a public health concern and novel ways of preventing it. Two weeks ago on Let’s Get Real...
View ArticleArresting Teenagers Doesn’t Solve Gender Pressures
I was recently out in western Massacusetts for screenings of Straightlaced and Let’s Get Real. At one of them, the superintendent and assistant superintendent of the South Hadley, Massachusetts school...
View ArticleReaders Respond to Recent Huffington Post op-ed on Gender Issues in Phoebe...
In April, Debra Chasnoff had an op-ed published in the Huffington Post about the underlying gender issues that haven’t been discussed very much in the community response to the suicide of 15 year old...
View ArticleOne For The History Books….
GroundSpark has been keeping our eyes on textbooks the past few months, as new guidelines about their content were enacted across the world. Schools rely heavily on textbooks, and the information they...
View ArticleSchool District Does the Right Thing:Vallejo Won’t Let Students “Opt-Out” of...
Last night the Vallejo Unified School District 30 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, voted 4 – 1 to continue its anti-bullying curriculum for students in its elementary, middle, and high schools....
View ArticleStaff Training & Community Workshops from Respect for All Project
School’s in full swing and so is our program to help schools ensure community wide respect for every student. Our highly skilled facilitators help open up dialogue, expand staff expertise and...
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