Contribution

Contributed by Jeff Brown- Poverty Reduction Initiative

Pedro Noguera, author

KALAMAZOO (MICH.)-Parents, educators, leaders, and all others concerned about the education of students, are invited to join in a discussion about the practical steps to take to enhance student engagement in learning, especially for learners from low income families. A discussion also will include exploring the role that schools and youth serving community organizations can play in minimizing the marginalization and alienation of vulnerable students.  The presentation will feature best practices that the entire community can take part in.

The discussion will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Galilee Baptist Church, 1216 N. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo.

Guest speaker Pedro Noguera is the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University.  Noguera is an urban sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. Dr. Noguera 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).

His books include Creating the Opportunity to Learn: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap, Invisible No More: Understanding the Disenfranchisement of Latino Men and Boys, and The Trouble With Black Boys: …And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education.

The Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations, the Poverty Reduction Initiative, the Kalamazoo Public Schools and the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services Agency are proud to present Pedro Noguera as part of an ongoing series of conversations about Poverty & Education.