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EducationJanuary 14, 2019
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 resources for years.
Pedro Noguera
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EducationApril 19, 2018
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.
Pedro Noguera
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EducationJuly 30, 2015
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.
Pedro Noguera
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EducationSeptember 24, 2014
Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools?
Charters were supposed to be laboratories for innovation. Instead, they are stunningly opaque.
Pedro Noguera
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InequalityApril 2, 2014
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.
Pedro Noguera
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Education ReformSeptember 11, 2013
Schools Need More Than the Common Core
The latest “school reform” silver bullet fails to address how children learn.
Pedro Noguera
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EducationSeptember 19, 2012
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.
Pedro Noguera
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Education ReformSeptember 14, 2012
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.
Pedro Noguera
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EducationDecember 14, 2011
Tearing the School Safety Net
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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ClassApril 21, 2011
Teachers Aren’t the Enemy
The true problems facing public education are inequality and opportunity gaps.
Pedro Noguera and Michelle Fine