Several weeks ago, Dr. Noguera was a featured speaker at the University of Washington Graduate School for it’s 2016-2017 Public Lecture Series. The series is a year-long conversation on the topic of “privilege” and features...
Read moreThe Importance of Diversity in Literature
Dominican novelist Junot Diaz explains why diversity matters in the choice of literature and authors that students read. “You look at this country and you look at this world and you need to understand it in complex ways,” Diaz said, citing...
Read moreSmall Steps to Integration in New York Schools
De Blasio inherited a segregated school system where poor kids in the poorest neighborhoods were largely relegated to under-resourced schools. Despite his pledge to focus on reducing inequality, he’s done very little to address this issue...
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