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.