Pedro Noguera
Noguera is a professor in the Steinhardt School of
Education at New
York University, a co-director of
the Institute for the study of Globalization and
Education in Metropolitan
Settings, and the Director of the Metropolitan
Center for Urban Education.
He is one of America's leading urban sociologists,
whose scholarship
and research focus 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, Noguera is
recognized as an expert on topics such as urban
school reform, conditions
that promote student achievement, youth violence,
the potential impact
of school choice and vouchers on urban public
schools, and race and
ethnic relations in American society. A prolific
writer, his most recent
book is City Schools and the American Dream:
Reclaiming The Promise
of Public Education. Noguera has served as an
advisor and engaged
in collaborative research with several large urban
school districts
throughout the United States and served as a
member of the US Public
Health Service Centers for Disease Control
Taskforce on Youth Violence,
the Chair of the Committee on Ethics in Research
and Human Rights for
the American Educational Research Association, and
on numerous advisory
boards to local and national education and youth
organizations.
Pedro Noguera has published over one hundred
research articles, monographs
and research reports on topics such as urban
school reform, conditions
that promote student achievement, youth violence,
the potential impact
of school choice and vouchers on urban public
schools, and race and
ethnic relations in American society. His work has
appeared in several
major research journals and many are available
online at inmotionmagazine.com.
In addition to City Schools and the American
Dream, he is also
the author of The Imperatives of Power:
Political Change and the
Social Basis of Regime Support in Grenada.
Thoughtful, provocative
and always on the cutting edge, Noguera is poised
to make great changes
in the American educational landscape.
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Series
Books:Unfinished Business, April 2006
Hardcover
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