Pedro Noguera
Pedro Noguera
beneath fact hit hurricane poverty seen urban
The fact is if a hurricane hit any urban city, you would have seen the same thing, ... Poverty is right beneath the surface.
putting trust value
It's not that they don't value education, ... They're putting too much trust in the schools. That's a big mistake.
teaching oakland skills
Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I had what my students needed in terms of knowledge and skills. I also had to show them that I was their ally. I had to show them that I was concerned about them, wanted to relate to them, and that I was fundamentally on their side.