Pedro A. Noguera

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Don't Derail Universities-America's Innovation Engine | Opinion

1 month ago | newsweek.com | Pedro A. Noguera |Mark Robison

CLOSE X opinion Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the interpretation of facts and data. Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Since World War II, American universities have served as our nation's engines of innovation, combining government funding with academic research to yield breakthrough discoveries in medicine, agriculture, engineering, and computer science. This was made possible largely by the system of funding that underpins university-based research.
Get ready to rumble if Trump tries to eliminate the Dept. of Education

Jan 5, 2025 | thehill.com | Pedro A. Noguera |Louis Freedberg

Eliminating the Department of Education has been a Republican dream since President Ronald Reagan expressed the same wish nearly a half-century ago, shortly after it was established under President Jimmy Carter. But even Reagan, who labeled the department a “bureaucratic boondoggle,” had to back down when he realized there was not enough support in Congress for “abolishing” the department, even among Republicans.
How Compton schools made a breakthrough in STEM education

Sep 28, 2024 | koreatimes.co.kr | Pedro A. Noguera |Louis Freedberg

By Pedro Noguera and Louis FreedbergReversing the disproportionately low representation of Black and Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math courses and careers is one of the most formidable challenges in education. The problem starts well before college because many students develop a fear of STEM early in their educational journeys. Remarkably, Compton Unified School District appears to have identified a solution.
Opinion: How Compton Schools Increased Diversity in STEM

Sep 25, 2024 | govtech.com | Pedro A. Noguera |Louis Freedberg

(TNS) — Reversing the disproportionately low representation of Black and Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math courses and careers is one of the most formidable challenges in education. The problem starts well before college because many students develop a fear of STEM early in their educational journeys. Remarkably, Compton Unified School District appears to have identified a solution.
How Compton schools made a breakthrough in STEM education

Sep 25, 2024 | thebrunswicknews.com | Pedro A. Noguera |Louis Freedberg

By Pedro Noguera and Louis Freedberg, Los Angeles Times Remarkably, Compton Unified School District appears to have identified a solution. Under the leadership of Darin Brawley, who became superintendent in 2012, the proportion of Compton students choosing STEM careers has soared to 51% from 24% over the last decade, according to district data.
Commentary: How Compton Schools Made A Breakthrough In STEM Education - Los Angeles Times

Sep 25, 2024 | everand.com | Pedro A. Noguera |Louis Freedberg

Reversing the disproportionately low representation of Black and Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math courses and careers is one of the most formidable challenges in education. The problem starts well before college because many students develop a fear of STEM early in their educational journeys. Remarkably, Compton Unified School District appears to have identified a solution.
Opinion: How Compton schools made a breakthrough in STEM education

Sep 20, 2024 | latimes.com | Pedro A. Noguera |Louis Freedberg

Reversing the disproportionately low representation of Black and Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math courses and careers is one of the most formidable challenges in education. The problem starts well before college because many students develop a fear of STEM early in their educational journeys. Remarkably, Compton Unified School District appears to have identified a solution.
Don't Stop Reading to Your Kids

Jun 17, 2024 | educationnext.org | Pedro A. Noguera |Frederick M. Hess

I’ve always been a reader. When my kids were born, I looked forward to sharing books I’ve loved with them. Of course, what we read to little kids are mostly, well, little-kid books—not the books we love. And, by the time kids are in school and (hopefully) reading on their own, it’s easy for parents to be sidelined. This is all playing out against a precipitous plunge in the amount of time we spend reading for fun. So today, I want to talk about reading to our kids.
US schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort, says educational sociologist

May 20, 2024 | phys.org | Pedro A. Noguera

Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court's declared goal of integrated education is still not yet achieved. American society continues to grow more racially and ethnically diverse.
Yaw Osei Adutwum PhD ’09 returned to Ghana to transform the nation’s educational system

Dec 4, 2023 | rossier.usc.edu | Pedro A. Noguera

Yaw Osei Adutwum PhD '09 is Ghana's minister for education and a proud Trojan. He was born in Jachie, a small village in Ghana, and later immigrated to the U.S. to attend college. His ties to USC run deep, as he began teaching mathematics in the Neighborhood Academic Initiative in 1997-2001 after several years teaching at Manual Arts High School. Adutwum later went on to earn his PhD from USC Rossier in 2009.

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