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Good Morning Friends,
It is a new day in America- a time to reflect, a time to come together, and a time to create change. We invite you to take the annual pilgrimage to Palm Springs along with thousands of national leaders to learn, network, and be inspired to create change in your communities.
We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time.
Sincerely,
Tia Quinn
Executive Director
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BOOST KEYNOTE:
Dr. Pedro Noguera- Closing the Achievement Gap
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 Pedro
Noguera is one of America's most important voices for healthy public education. An expert on school reform, diversity, and the achievement
gap, he is a currently a professor at the Steinhardt School of
Education at New York University. He is also a part-time high school
teacher, the author of several groundbreaking texts, a regular guest on
CNN, and a dynamic speaker who translates social theory into concise,
hip language with emotional impact and intellectual rigor.
Pedro
Noguera is the Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education,
and has been a professor at the graduate schools of both Harvard and
the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several
books, including the seminal City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming The Promise of Public Education and Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools. He has also engaged in collaborative research with large urban school districts.
Recently,
he helped launch, A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, a group of
public policy experts in various fields (housing, education, civil
rights), and from across the political spectrum, working to break a
decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have
achieved far too little. The group works in areas that research shows
must be addressed if we are to keep our promises to all of America's
children.
Please view these websites to learn more about the great work of Dr. Pedro Noguera:
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
In Motion Magazine
Pedro will also be conducting a book signing and a 2-hour workshop onReforming Public High Schools: The Greatest Educational Challenge.
Don't miss this opportunity!
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