Symposium

Always seeking to improve education for ALL of America’s inner-city children, Gesu School launched our Annual Symposium on Transforming Inner-City Education in 1997 to bring together funders, stakeholders, policymakers, and educators to tackle the tough issues in inner-city education today. From our first moderator, the late Tim Russert, to outstanding panelists like Stedman Graham, Joe Klein, and Paul Tough, the annual gathering brings together leading thinkers to stimulate productive conversation and energize us for our work in the field. The symposium is just another way we strive for the Magis at Gesu!

Gesu School's 20th Annual Symposium on Transforming Inner-City Education is November 3, 2017. 
Our Kids Are Not Broken: Empowering Traumatized Youth 
Tickets are free! Registration is required. 

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Recaps, videos, and transcripts from our past symposia:

2016 Cultural Responsiveness in the Urban Classroon

2015 Tragedies and Current Events: Helping Students Understand What They See, Read, and Hear in the News

2014 The Journey Through an Independent School

2013 The Hidden Power of Character

2012 Financing Futures: The Funding Challenges Facing Inner-City Catholic Schools

2011 Educating Inner-City Children in the 21^st Century

2010 Closing the College Gap: What Can Universities, Schools and Communities Do?

2009 Transforming Inner-City Education: Faith-Based Schools? Charter Schools? Magnet Schools? Renaissance Schools? Is There One Answer?

2008 Transforming Inner-City Education: Lessons in Leadership

2007 Inner-City Education: What’s Old? What’s New? What’s Next?

2006 Transforming Inner-City Education: Can an Early Start Change the Outcome?

2005 How Colleges and Universities Can Partner with Faith-Based Communities to Serve Urban Children in Need

2004 Transforming Inner-City Education: Lessons from the Entrepreneurs

2003 Educational Reform: What’s Next?

2002 Children Learning Amid Stress

2001 Research and Roadblocks to Developing Young Readers

1999 The Urban Child in Peril: Can Literacy Change the Outcome?

1998 Do Faith and Vouchers Mix?

1997 Inner-City Education: Are Faith-Based Schools an Answer?