Pedro Noguera

Pedro Noguera is a professor of education at UCLA. His most recent book is Race, Equity and Education: The Pursuit of Equality in
Education 60 Years After Brown
(Springer Press).

Stuyvesant High School/Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action

Was New York’s mayor too busy campaigning for president to do something about the city’s segregated elite public schools?

Jun 27, 2019 / StudentNation / Pedro Noguera

Oklahoma Teacher

It’s Time to Develop a Progressive Education Agenda It’s Time to Develop a Progressive Education Agenda

The failures of the education-reform movement have created an opportunity for the left. We need to seize it.

Apr 29, 2019 / Pedro Noguera

LA teachers rally

What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About

California is home to the industrial giants of Silicon Valley, the film industry, and the largest agricultural sector in the nation, but it has starved its public schools of resour...

Jan 14, 2019 / Pedro Noguera

Oklahoma teachers

What’s at Stake in the Teachers’ Strikes? What’s at Stake in the Teachers’ Strikes?

The fight over the future of public education is a fight over the future of American democracy.

Apr 19, 2018 / Pedro Noguera

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits a school

New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back

Bill de Blasio needs to offer more than universal pre-K—he needs to offer a vision.

Jul 30, 2015 / Editorial / Pedro Noguera

Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools?

Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools? Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools?

Charters were supposed to be laboratories for innovation. Instead, they are stunningly opaque.

Sep 24, 2014 / Pedro Noguera

How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference

How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference

Lecturing black men isn’t going to help them overcome the barriers they face. Better jobs and education policies will.

Apr 2, 2014 / Editorial / Pedro Noguera

Schools Need More Than the Common Core

Schools Need More Than the Common Core Schools Need More Than the Common Core

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

Sep 11, 2013 / Editorial / Pedro Noguera

What’s Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate What’s Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate

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.

Sep 19, 2012 / Editorial / Pedro Noguera

What’s Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate What’s Missing From the Chicago Strike Debate

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.

Sep 14, 2012 / Pedro Noguera

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