Fewer male teachers are in K-12 classrooms in Illinois -- chicagotribune.com:
"'You're talking about something that has had a devastating impact on the academic success of young black men in their formative years,' said Phillip Jackson, president of the Black Star Project, a Chicago-based organization that promotes children's education. 'Unfortunately, the males that become important in the lives of so many African-American and Latino boys are the gang leaders, the drug dealers, the hustlers -- and if that's all they see, that's what they'll become.'"
"'You're talking about something that has had a devastating impact on the academic success of young black men in their formative years,' said Phillip Jackson, president of the Black Star Project, a Chicago-based organization that promotes children's education. 'Unfortunately, the males that become important in the lives of so many African-American and Latino boys are the gang leaders, the drug dealers, the hustlers -- and if that's all they see, that's what they'll become.'"
