Word: noguera
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While admitting that maybe a little cash could push “borderline” kids over the edge into greater scholastic success, Noguera worries that this plan would leave the students who really need help even farther behind...
...Pedro A. Noguera, an urban sociologist and professor at New York University, is not so certain Fryer’s plan will work...
...deludes us into thinking we don’t have to address the significant issue,” Noguera said. “In New York City, we assign the least experienced teachers to the students with the highest needs...
...challenge in the long run,” he said.Schwartz added that Harvard has struggled to hold on to some academics because it generally does not offer “star” salaries that are significantly above average tenure salaries.He pointed to the examples of former Professors Pedro Noguera and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, two prominent GSE civil rights scholars who left for New York University in 2004 after receiving what Schwartz calls “extremely generous offers that Harvard can’t compete with.”Given these challenges, students and faculty alike agree that alternate...
...this frightening rise in attrition is not the result of students’ fear of failure on MCAS. Rather it is the result of students’ understanding that the worth of MCAS is only a diploma, not education. As our colleague, Dimon Professor in Communities and Schools Pedro Noguera, has recently noted from his interviews with Boston public school students, students want to be challenged and engaged in their work. Formulaic test preparation drains the life out of both classrooms and students...