Paper Tigers Film Screening & Panel Discussion I The New School

“Stressed brains can’t learn.” That was what Jim Sporleder, principal of a high school riddled with violence, drugs and truancy, took away from an educational presentation on Adverse Childhood Experiences in 2010. Three years later, the number of fights at Lincoln High School had gone down by 75% and the graduation rate had increased five-fold. Paper Tigers is the story of how one school made such dramatic progress, becoming a promising model for trauma-informed schools. Join filmmaker James Redford, New York Times contributor David Bornstein, and New School for Social Research Professor of Psychology Dr. Howard Steele for a panel discussion and screening of Paper Tigers, a documentary about how addressing childhood adversity turned an entire school around—and an official selection at the Seattle International Film Festival. Speakers: David Bornstein Pamela Cantor, MD Howard Steele, PhD James Redford Kelsey Sisavath Location: John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center , 100 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY 10003 Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm