Pedro Noguera

Pedro Noguera, a professor of sociology at New York University, is the author of City Schools and the American Dream and co-editor of Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools.

Articles

Schools Need More Than the Common Core (Education Reform)

The latest “school reform” silver bullet fails to address how children learn.

Pedro Noguera

What's Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate (Education, Unions)

As Obama touts his education reforms and neoliberals face off with teachers, hardly anyone is talking about the real problems besetting America’s public schools.

Pedro Noguera

What's Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate (Education Policy, Education Reform)

As Obama touts his education reforms and neoliberals face off with teachers, hardly anyone is talking about the real problems besetting America’s public schools.

Pedro Noguera

Tearing the School Safety Net (Education)

Hit by the double whammy of poverty and austerity, a West Oakland school that once served children well is struggling.

Pedro Noguera

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Teachers Aren't the Enemy (Class, Education, Education Reform, Youth)

The true problems facing public education are inequality and opportunity gaps.

Pedro Noguera and Michelle Fine

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Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education (Education, Education Policy, Education Reform)

The problems facing our schools demand solutions, not slogans.

Pedro Noguera and Randi Weingarten

Reframing the Education Debate (Education, Education Reform, Politics)

Obama's education policy is far too close to George W. Bush's. Those of us who recognize the importance of public education can't wait for the administration to lead the way.

Pedro Noguera

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Schools vs. Slogans (Education Policy, Education Reform)

The disconnect between the realities of public schools and the policy prescriptions coming from the White House is the crux of the problem in education.

Pedro Noguera

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A New Vision of School Reform (Activism, Education Reform, Politics)

The change we need in education policy is more than a rebranding of No Child Left Behind.

Pedro Noguera

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Responses to Darling-Hammond

The second part of our forum on the Bush Administration's 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.

Deborah Meier, Velma L. Cobb and Pedro Noguera