At the end of the interview Dr. Kerzin discussed the future plans of the Altruism in Medicine Institute.

We asked Meera about her time at Stanford (where she received 3 degrees, including her Ph.D), her career decisions, her teaching career at Brown University and her decision to head The Ethel Walker School . We were privileged to have the opportunity to ask Meera about her views on education and how to improve education for everyone, especially for those students living in high-stress environments like Palo Alto and the Bay Area.

The Future of Education in the Bay Area : An Interview with Dr. Charles Bernstein







KZSU interviewed Dr. Chuck Bernstein , a distinguished and well known educator in California and founder of several schools in the Bay Area: Early Learning Institute, HeadsUp Child Development Centers , Emerson School in Palo Alto and Hacienda School in Pleasanton and San Jose. These schools are designed to accommodate working parents because they are open from 7:30 am - 6 pm. Dr. Bernstein mentioned that all the teachers have university degrees, are Montessori certified and that all classes from pre-school -6 G have more than one teacher at all times.







In the interview Dr. Bernstein discussed how he based HeadsUp, Emerson and the Hacienda schools around the business plan he wrote while getting his MBA at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Dr. Bernstein shared with us why his schools emphasize teaching Spanish and Chinese to all students,and how they prevent bullying behavior at his schools. The schools are based on a Montessori approach and Dr. Bernstein discussed why he believes that the Montessori approach helps students.







We also discussed the future of education in the Bay Area, how public and private schools differ in Silicon Valley and how parents can select a school that helps their children. At the end of the interview, Dr. Bernstein talked about the Summer Writing Camps they offer to Grades 2 - 8.





