Michael Gurian is an American author and social philosopher.
He is considered, along with Leonard Sax, as one of the major proponents of the post-modern "single-sex academic classes" movement.
[citation needed] His work tends to focus on sex differences and how they contribute to learning.
He is also a co-founder of the Gurian Institute, which trains professionals who deal with the developmental aspects of childhood.
The Gurian Institute has trained more than 60,000 teachers from over 2,000 different schools.