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Tearing the School Safety Net

Pedro Noguera
December 14, 2011   |    This article appeared in the January 2, 2012 edition of The Nation.
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Hit by the double whammy of poverty and austerity, a West Oakland school that once served children well is struggling.

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Pedro Noguera
Pedro Noguera, a professor of sociology at New York University, is the author of City Schools and the American Dream...

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Pedro Noguera
December 14, 2011   |    This article appeared in the January 2, 2012 edition of The Nation.
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