On November 2-4, Dr. Noguera will be giving the keynote speech at The National Association of State Boards of Education annual conference. The conference, themed “Beyond the State Plan: Excellence, Equity, Innovation,” draws state board of...
Read moreHow Much Does It Cost To Raise A Child?
Democrats say they’re looking for an issue that will galvanize the base and get people out to vote. Here it is: inequality. It’s the same issue that’s getting Trump’s base animated but he appeals to fear. We need leaders...
Read moreEducation Needs A Revolution
This article talks about the introduction to the fourth wave of technology and how our educators must inform and prepare the new generation how to thrive in the new landscape. The need for change in education is real, but the reforms promoted by...
Read more10 Points of Advice by Pedro Noguera
Pedro Noguera served as a keynote speaker at the AASA-Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy Inaugural Conference on Aug. 28, 2015. He offered 10 points of advice to attendees, comprised of educators who have enrolled in the AASA-Howard...
Read moreAmerican Students of Color in Unequal Education Systems
“Our systemic failure to educate some groups of children as well as others tears at the moral fabric of the nation.” With evidence of racial disparities in the disciplining of children beginning in preschool, we can expect students of...
Read moreHow a single-sex school in East Harlem offered young women a path out of poverty
As we continue to identify ways to break down barriers to opportunity and close the college access gap, we can look to an education model that took shape twenty years ago with 56 girls in East Harlem. When the seventh-graders walked through the...
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