Equity & Difference

Equity and Deeper Learning

Tues. Jan. 10, 2017      7:30 p.m.

Kane Hall 130

Pedro Noguera, professor of education, UCLA

While there is greater attention to issues of privilege surrounding student achievement, missing from the debate is how to make achievement more likely. Dr. Noguera describes strategies for supporting teaching and learning for all types of students.

Admission: FREE (advance registration required)

This lecture is supported by the Mary Ann and John D. Mangels Endowment.

Pedro Noguera is a professor of education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA he served as a tenured professor and holder of endowed chairs at New York University (2003–2015), Harvard University (2000–2003) and the University of California, Berkeley (1990–2000). He is the author of 11 books and over 200 articles and monographs. He appears as a regular commentator on educational issues on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio and other national news outlets. His most recent books are “Excellence Through Equity” (Corwin 2015) with Alan Blankstein, “School for Resilience: Improving the Life Trajectory of African American and Latino Boys” with E. Fergus and M. Martin (Harvard Education Press 2014) and “Creating the Opportunity to Learn” with A. Wade Boykin (ASCD, 2011).

Noguera serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations including the Economic Policy Institute, the Young Women’s Leadership Institute, the After School Corporation and The Nation magazine. From 2009 to 2012 he served as a trustee for the State University of New York (SUNY) as an appointee of the governor. In 2013 he was appointed to the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society and in 2014 he was appointed to the National Academy of Education. Noguera has numerous awards including: the Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University for outstanding achievement in advancing the understanding of the behavioral and social sciences as they are applied to pressing social issues; the National Association of Secondary Principals for distinguished service to the field of education; and the McSilver Institute at NYU for his research and advocacy efforts aimed at fighting poverty.

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