On Tuesday, March 15th, at the SUNY College at Old Westbury, the Community Action, Learning and Leadership Program, (CALL for Change), welcomed special guest speaker Pedro Noguera, for a special lecture, 'Education and Justice: What's wrong with waiting for Superman'. Pedro Noguera is one of the country's most important voices on education reform, diversity, and the achievement gap. An award-winning educator, author and activist, he is a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and co-Director of the Institute for The Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings. An urban sociologist, Dr. Noguera’s 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, he is an expert on topics such as urban school reform, youth violence, the conditions that promote student achievement and the potential impact of school choice and vouchers on urban public schools. A prolific writer and editor, Dr. Noguera's books include Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools; The Color of Success: Race And High-Achieving Urban Youth; Beyond Resistance: Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth and the groundbreaking City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming The Promise of Public Education (Winner, Forward Magazine Award for best book in education 2003; American Association of Educational Studies, Book of the Year Award, 2005).
LISTEN TO THE LECTURE HERE!
(Featuring Dr. Laura Anker, President Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, and Pedro Noguera)
For more information contact Dr. Laura Anker at 516.876.3460.
SUNY College at Old Westbury
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