EDUCATION RIGHTS
This In Motion Magazine section, Education Rights, is co-edited by Pedro Noguera, PhD. Education is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Debates over affirmative action, bilingual education, equal financing of schools and access to pre-school are just some of the issues that have shown the importance of education to civil and human rights in recent years. The state of our nation’s schools will play a large role in determining the kind of country we will live in. It is also becoming increasingly clear that expanding access and improving the quality of education, especially in poor countries, will be essential to addressing larger social and economic problems facing many nations in the world. The Education Rights section is dedicated to providing a forum for activists, educators, parents and students who are searching for alternative ideas to the challenges confronting education today.
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Feature article
Lessons from My Cancer Journey
by Pedro A. Noguera, PhD
Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted November 26, 2023
My cancer was a harsh and severe teacher; unmerciful, unkind and unrelenting. Early on I realized that the metaphor of a war or battle didn’t capture what I was experiencing. After being diagnosed with head and neck cancer in February of 2021 and overcoming the shock of what was in store for me, I realized that I had embarked on a journey, one that I hadn’t planned on taking.
I soon learned that this journey would be arduous, comprised of hazardous twists and turns, and lessons that I hadn’t expected or thought that I needed to learn. I also learned that my cancer was also going to be my teacher, and “it” had no regard for students who displayed a reluctance to learn, and no regard for whether or not I grew tired from the difficult journey as it unfolded.
I’ve written this blog about my experience because I think others can benefit from the lessons I’ve learned. I think these lessons are especially important for men. Like me, most men are socialized to be stoics: to tough it out when things are hard, to not ask for help even when we desperately need it, to not seek medical help even when the signs of trouble are clear. As you will see from these essays, I learned to reject stoicism and to embrace my vulnerability. … (read article)
Feature article
Taking Deeper Learning to Scale
by Pedro A. Noguera, PhD
Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted September 15, 2023
For some time now it has been evident that the policies the U.S. has pursued to elevate the academic performance of students, particularly those who are most economically disadvantaged, have not produced the results that were promised or hoped for. Several highly regarded studies have shown that No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top and other related policy initiatives designed to raise academic standards and increase accountability on schools through standardized testing, have not led to significant gains in achievement. … (read article)
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