Slate School's Education Idea Lab presents an hour-long conversation about education with Erika Christakis, who is an early childhood educator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. This is a unique and wonderful opportunity to hear this foremost education expert speak with our Head of School, Julie Mountcastle, about current trends in education, and about Erika's thoughts on curiosity-driven education. 

Please join us live from Slate School on Tuesday, May 5, from 11am-12pm Eastern Time. Register for this free virtual event below, and participation instructions will be thereafter sent to you.

About Erika Christakis
A foremost education expert, Erika Christakis is an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. A former preschool director and faculty member of the Yale Child Study Center, Erika holds teaching licensure in Massachusetts and Vermont (pre-k through 2nd grade) and serves on the national advisory board of Defending the Early Years (DEY), a nonprofit working to provide quality education to all children. For two years, she wrote a TIME.com Ideas column and her work has been featured in a number of other venues, including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CNN.com and Salon. Erika is a graduate of Harvard College with master’s degrees in education and public health.