A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education

Pedro Noguera

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Document Type

Lecture

Abstract

Pedro Noguera is one of America's most important voices for healthy public education. An expert on school reform, diversity, and the achievement gap, he focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. He is currently the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University. Noguera is also the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and the co-Director of the Institute for the Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings. In 2008, he was appointed by the Governor of New York to serve on the State University of New York Board of Trustees. He is also a part-time h igh school teacher, the author of several groundbreaking texts, a regular guest on CNN and NPR, and a dynamic speaker who translates social theory into concise, hip language with emotional impact and intellectual rigor.

Publication Date

1-10-2012

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