Pedro Noguera
Pedro Noguera
Pedro A. Noguera is a sociologist and Professor of Education at UCLA (formerly at New York University and Harvard). He researches the social contexts of schools and the influences social and economic conditions within schools. He is heavily involved in working with urban schools that are dealing with difficulties in educating all the children they serve.
He is currently 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.
Early Life & Education
Pedro Noguera grew up in New York City. He grew up with six siblings and attended public schools. During his adolescence, he moved to Long Island and graduated from Brentwood High School.
Dr. Noguera received two Bachelor's degrees in Sociology and History. He also received a teaching credential from Brown University in 1981 and earned his Master's degree in Sociology from Brown in 1982.
He earned his doctorate in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Education in 1989. His 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. He analyzes how economic, communal, and demographic changes impact children's lives and the schools they attend.
Noguera attributes a lot of his academic success and overall education to his parents, both of whom had only attained high school diplomas.
Career
Dr. Noguera was a classroom teacher in public schools in Providence, Rhode Island and Oakland, California and continues to work with schools nationally and internationally as a researcher and advisor.
Dr. Noguera holds faculty appointments in the departments of Teaching and Learning and Humanities and Social Sciences at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
He is also the executive director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and the co-director of the Institute for the Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings (IGEMS).
Noguera currently serves on the board of several local and national organizations, including the Economic Policy Institute, the Young Women’s Leadership School, The After School Corporation, and The Nation Magazine .
From 2008 to 2011, he was an appointee of the Governor of New York to the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees. In 2014, he was National Academy of Education.
Awards & Accomplishments
Noguera recently received awards from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the McSilver Institute at NYU for various achievements and research efforts.
His awards and grants include:
1997 Wellness Foundation Award for Research on Youth Violence
1997 University of California’s Distinguished Teaching Award
2001 Honorary Doctorate, University of San Francisco
2001 Centennial Medal, Philadelphia University
2003 Forward Magazine Gold Award (City Schools and the American Dream)
2003 AESA Critics Choice Book Award (City Schools and the American Dream)
2005 Whitney Young Award for Leadership in Education
2006 Eugene Carrothers Award for Public Service
2008 Schott Foundation Award for Research on Race and Gender
2008 AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award (The Trouble With Black Boys)
2009 Scholastic Corporation Education Hero Award
2011 Honorary Doctorate, Bank Street College
2012 Honorary Doctorate, Metropolitan College of New York
2013 Honorary Doctorate Lewis and Clark College
2013 Kappa Delta Pi Laureate
2014 National Academy of Education
2014 Education Justice Award, Educational Law Center, Rutgers University
2014 Award for distinguished scholarship, Advanced Center for the Behavioral Sciences
2006: Whitney Young Award of Leadership in Education
2006: President, Caribbean Studies Association
2002: Centennial Medal, Philadelphia University
1995: Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley
1988: Fulbright-Hayes Dissertation Fellowship
100 Most Influential Hispanics in the US, Hispanic Business Magazine
Honorary Doctorate, University of San Francisco
2010: Honorary Doctorate, Bank Street College
Media Appearances
Publications
Books
He has recently co-authored several books, including Excellence Through Equity, and School for Resilience: Improving the Life Trajectory of African American and Latino Boys ** (2014).
Papers
Noguera, P. A. (2003).
The trouble with Black boys: The role and influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic performance of African American males.
Urban education, 38 (4), 431-459.
Vuglarides, C. A. Alward and P. Noguera (2015) “The Elusive Quest for Equity: An Analysis of How Contextual Factors Contribute to the Likelihood of School Districts Being Legally Cited for Racial Disproportionality in Special Education” in Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 15
Noguera, P., J. Pierce and R. Ahram (Eds.) (2015) Guest editors of the Journal of Race and Social Problems, Vol. 7 No. 1.
Saeed, E. and P. Noguera (2014) “Why Parents United: Exploring the Changing Civic Landscape of Urban Education Reform” in Journal of Education and Social Justice, Vol. 13, No. 4, Winter.
Garver, R. and P. Noguera (2014) “Supported and Unsafe: The Impact of Educational Structures for Immigrant Students on School Safety” in Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Fall.
Garver, R. and P. Noguera (2012) “For Safety’s Sake: A Case Study of School Security Efforts and Their Impact on Education Reform” in Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk.
Vol. 3, Issue 2, Article 5.
Noguera, P. (2013) “Urban Schools and the Black Male Challenge” in Handbook of Urban Education, edited by Kofi Lomotey and Richard Milner.
Herrera, L. and P. Noguera (2013) “The Education of Latino Students in New York” in Latinos in New York in the 21st Century, edited by Angelo Falcon.
New York: Praeger Publishers.
Noguera, P. A. (2013) “Creating Schools Where Race and Class No Longer Predict Achievement” in Public Education Under Siege edited by Michael B. Katz and Mike Rose. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania.