In Focus With Dr. Pedro Noguera (Houston A+ Challenge 2010)

An urban sociologist, Dr. Nogueras scholarship and research focus on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. Noguera has served as an advisor and engaged in collaborative research with several large urban school districts throughout the United States. He has also done research on issues related to education and economic and social development in the Caribbean, Latin America and several other countries throughout the world. Between 2000 and 2003, Noguera served as the Judith K. Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From 1990 to 2000, he was a Professor in Social and Cultural Studies at the Graduate School of Education and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Education

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• education
• policy
• literacy
• high schools
• pedro noguera
• urban schools
• principals
• teachers
• students
• houston a+ challenge
• instructional leaders
• middle schools
• education reform