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Jennie  Young

Jennie Young

Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin Green Bay

In-Person Fee Range:
$3,001 - $5,000
Traveling from:
Wisconsin
Jennie Young TED Talk

Jennie Young

Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin Green Bay

In-Person Fee Range:
$3,001 - $5,000
Fee Details
Traveling from:
Wisconsin

Why Book

  • She is a published author and TEDx Speaker
  • Former high School teacher and current assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Biography

Jennie Young is a former high school teacher and current faculty at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She researches, writes, and speaks about how the American obsession with safety and security is ruining the American high school and offers a new way of thinking that could radically change the toxic cultures and discipline problems that plague our schools. She has published a book and given a TEDx talk on the topic in addition to doing radio and podcast interviews.

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Programs

"It Doesn't Have to Be Like This: How Cultural Paranoia is Ruining High School"

This speech traces the history of how the Columbine shooting and subsequent acts of school violence transformed American high schools for the worse and addresses steps we can take to reform toward more positive and productive school cultures. It is geared toward high school administrators and teachers.

"We're Doing it Wrong: How America's Obsession with Safety is Endangering our Kids"

This speech demonstrates how high-security, high-surveillance school buildings are actually making our kids less safe and addresses more productive and sustainable methods of protecting our kids. It is geared toward high school administrators and teachers.

"Why the 'Us Against Them' Mentality Doesn't Work in High Schools and How to Move to Something that Does"

This talk explores the ways in which teachers and administrators can use language to forge connection and elicit cooperation from high school students. It is geared toward high school administrators and teachers.

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