Mychal Wynn

Mychal Wynn, the author of 24 books, is an internationally-acclaimed author and educational consultant to school districts throughout the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. His life experiences—born into poverty in rural Pike County, Alabama; given up for adoption and raised in poverty amidst the gangs and violence in the Black urban ghetto of Chicago’s South Side; an underachieving student and suspended from school throughout elementary and middle school; expelled from a Catholic high school and forced to attend one of the country’s most violent public high schools where over 50 percent of the students dropped out and less than 10 percent went on to attend college—provides insight into, and an understanding of, the challenges confronting Black student achievement in general, and Black male achievement in particular. 

Mychal Wynn and his wife, Nina, have successfully raised two sons, Mychal-David (currently attending Amherst College), and Jalani (currently attending middle school). 

Presentation Description:
Mr. Wynn outlines strategies specifically focused on increasing Black male achievement by examining national data trends, student demographics, Black male culture, and the unique gender and culturally specific barriers confronting Black males. Mr. Wynn provides practical examples of how to engage in disaggregate data gathering and analysis on a campus level; the importance of vertical articulation between campuses; the importance of college and career planning during the primary grades; overcoming cultural barriers to increase academic rigor through honors, Pre-AP, and AP course enrollment; and how to build stronger home-community partnerships.