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Pedro A. Noguera Books

    Pedro Noguera is a sociologist whose scholarship focuses on how schools are shaped by social and economic conditions, alongside demographic trends at local, regional, and global scales. His work delves into the intricate interplay between educational institutions and the broader societal landscape. Noguera meticulously analyzes how these external forces mold the educational environment and student outcomes. His sociological lens provides critical insights into the challenges and opportunities within contemporary education.

    Creating the Opportunity to Learn
    The imperatives of power

    • The imperatives of power

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      The political changes that have occurred in Grenada since 1951 are unique, particularly within the Commonwealth Caribbean which has had a tradition of stable two-party democracies, based upon the Westminster system of government. This study attempts to explain the dramatic shifts in political leadership that have occurred in Grenada during the forty year period examined. Three leaders, Eric Gairy, Maurice Bishop, and Herbert Blaize, each possessing substantially different ideological orientations, held power during this period. The factors responsible for their rise and eventual loss of power are analyzed and explained through historical and ethnographic research which was carried out in two from July to December 1982, and from August 1987 to February 1988.

      The imperatives of power

    • Creating the Opportunity to Learn

      Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap

      • 231 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Unless we believe that those who have more are inherently superior to those who have less, we should be troubled by the fact that patterns of achievement are often fairly predictable, particularly with respect to students' race and class. In Creating the Opportunity to Learn , Wade Boykin and Pedro Noguera help navigate the turbid waters of evidence-based methodologies and chart a course toward closing (and eliminating) the academic achievement gap. Turning a critical eye to current and recent research, the authors present a comprehensive view of the achievement gap and advocate for strategies that contribute to the success of all children. Boykin and Noguera maintain that it is possible to close the achievement gap by abandoning failed strategies, learning from successful schools, and simply doing more of what the research shows is most effective. Success is founded on equity, but equity involves more than simply ensuring students have equal access to education; equity also entails a focus on outcomes and results. If we want to bring about significant improvements in those outcomes, we have to do more to address the context in which learning takes place. In short, we must create schools where a child's race or class is no longer a predictor for how well he or she might perform.

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