June 5, 2007 Wheelock College Brookline Campus

Tuesday's session of the Gathering of Leaders included a community session at which additonal registrants heard a panel discussion on Single Gender Schools moderated by Milton J. Little Jr. CEO of United Way of Massachusetts, and Dr. Rosa Smith, former head of the Schott Foundation for Public Education. The panel included David Banks, Eagle Academy for Young Men, Bronx New York, Tim King, Urban Prep, Chicago, IL, Reverend Joseph Doyle, St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA, Curt Green, Atlant Public Schools, Atlanta, GA, and Jerome Harrell, Alpha School for Excellence, Youngstown, OH
Dr. Rosa Smith
Single Gender Schools Panel


Dr. Smith and Ken Reeves, mayor of Cambridge, MA talking with panel

Milton Little and Dr. Kunjufu

A second presentation by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu provided a rousing finish to the Gathering. He first demonstrated the problem was not poverty, single parents, genetics, or low funding of the schools. The issue is educating young Black males, and quality teachers can do that by knowing their subject, being skilled in pedagogy, and connecting with the students.
"The future of our Race depends on white female teachers and single moms."
"We need to raise our daughters and love our sons."