We need to create schools that are organized to meet the needs of the kids they serve instead of what we've been doing. We expect kids to adjust to t…

- Pedro Noguera

You don't see a positive culture, stability among teachers, or leadership. We don't focus enough in our policies on creating conditions to educating …

- Pedro Noguera

New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality. What we are giving poor kids…

- Pedro Noguera

It's been a struggling school for many, many years, and [that's] not surprising since it's serving some of the most disadvantaged kids in the city. I…

- Pedro Noguera

If students don't think that you care and can relate, especially as they get older, they tune you out. I didn't get it in my classes at the graduate …

- Pedro Noguera

Boys are still led to believe that power is associated with domination.

- Pedro Noguera

All kids are different, even when they come from you and theoretically have the same culture. Some of my kids had been more outgoing and had an easy …

- Pedro Noguera

Middle-class kids get to play, develop their thinking ability. Poor kids are much more likely to get regimentation under the guise of socialization. …

- Pedro Noguera

Most departments of education are set up largely to regulate schools and hold them in compliance. They don't really help schools. When a school is st…

- Pedro Noguera