Friday, June 1—4:00–5:00 p.m.
Pedro Noguera
Education for a Just and Equitable Society
 Pedro Noguera is one of the country's most important voices on education reform, diversity, and the achievement gap. An award-winning educator, author and activist, he is a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and co-Director of the Institute for The Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings.
An urban sociologist, Noguera’s scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. A powerful speaker with a unique ability to connect with diverse audiences, he is an expert on topics such as urban school reform, youth violence, the potential impact of school choice and vouchers on urban public schools, conditions that promote student achievement, and race and ethnic relations in U.S. society.
A prolific writer and editor, Noguera's books include Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools; The Color of Success: Race And High-Achieving Urban Youth; and Beyond Resistance: Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth.
Noguera is also the author of the groundbreaking book City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming The Promise of Public Education (Winner, Forward Magazine Award for best book in education 2003; American Association of Educational Studies, Book of the Year Award, 2005). He's published over one hundred research articles, monographs and research reports, and his work has appeared in several major research journals.
He has served as an advisor and engaged in collaborative research with large urban school districts throughout the United States. He has also done research on issues related to education and economic and social development in the Caribbean, Latin America and several other countries throughout the world.
Between 2000 and 2003, Noguera served as the Judith K. Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From 1990 to 2000, he was a Professor in Social and Cultural Studies at the Graduate School of Education and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley.
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