Excellence Through Equity
Pedro A. Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA. He is a sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and global contexts. Dr. Noguera serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations and appears as a regular commentator on educational issues on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio and other national news outlets. He is the co-author (with Alan M. Blankstein) of Excellence Through Equity, an inspiring look at how real-world educators are creating schools where all students are able to thrive. In these schools, educators understand that equity is not about treating all children the same. They are deeply committed to ensuring that each student receives what he or she individually needs to develop their full potential—and succeed.
"Inequality in our society reinforces the inequities in academic outcomes that we now call the achievement gap. A closer look reveals that gaps in academic achievement are perpetuated by gaps in opportunity ― in the opportunity to learn in school, and to the supports that affluent children typically have outside of school. When we address these gaps we begin to rebuild the possibility that education can serve as a path to mobility. Of course, we must do more. We must address the social issues like trauma and hunger that often accompany poverty, we must make access to high quality preschool and college affordable and accessible. When we make these kinds of investments in opportunity we begin to move toward a more just and equitable society. That benefits all of us."
"We need a new paradigm for education ...We need schools to cultivate a broad range of talents and strengths in all children. We need to focus on the "whole child"―access to nutrition, music, art, guidance, emotional and psychological supports. We need schools that tap into the intrinsic desire to learn that all children possess. For the last several years we've been too narrowly focused on assessment. We should instead focus on how to get children excited and deeply engaged in learning."
- Watch Excellence Through Equity: an Overview
- Read Excellence Through Equity': an Interview
- Watch Are we failing our students?
"Inequality in our society reinforces the inequities in academic outcomes that we now call the achievement gap. A closer look reveals that gaps in academic achievement are perpetuated by gaps in opportunity ― in the opportunity to learn in school, and to the supports that affluent children typically have outside of school. When we address these gaps we begin to rebuild the possibility that education can serve as a path to mobility. Of course, we must do more. We must address the social issues like trauma and hunger that often accompany poverty, we must make access to high quality preschool and college affordable and accessible. When we make these kinds of investments in opportunity we begin to move toward a more just and equitable society. That benefits all of us."
"We need a new paradigm for education ...We need schools to cultivate a broad range of talents and strengths in all children. We need to focus on the "whole child"―access to nutrition, music, art, guidance, emotional and psychological supports. We need schools that tap into the intrinsic desire to learn that all children possess. For the last several years we've been too narrowly focused on assessment. We should instead focus on how to get children excited and deeply engaged in learning."
- Watch Excellence Through Equity: an Overview
- Read Excellence Through Equity': an Interview
- Watch Are we failing our students?
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