A Black History Month: Convo with Robert Croston

  • February 23, 2016
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 CST
  • Corboy Law Center, Room 1101
  • Mary Bird, mbird1@luc.edu
  • Free
  • Public
     Open to the public.
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    Mr. Croston is the Harvard-educated principal of Jenner Academy of the Arts, a neighborhood prekindergarten - 8th grade CPS school on the Near North Side. The student body is primarily African American and low income. Jenner was formerly the assigned school for children who lived in the Cabrini Green Housing Project. While the dismantling of the projects has been regarded as a sign of progress by many in Chicago, it also has meant the displacement and uprooting of many African American families and shifts in enrollment and services to many schools across Chicago, particularly those that serve our most vulnerable children.

    Please join in an informal discussion of:
    ¿ the changing demographics of Chicago and how that has affected neighborhood schools that primarily serve black children
    ¿ why black teachers and leaders are important for children in CPS and the challenges in recruiting and maintaining a diverse staff
    ¿ how informed Chicago residents (and law students!) can advocate for our most vulnerable children.

    Light lunch will be served
    Questions? Contact Prof. Mary Bird at mbird1@luc.edu