In this lecture Pedro Noguera explored a number of strategies that schools have developed to form effective collaborative relationships with community-based organizations to counter the adverse influence of poverty on student learning and child developmen

Featuring Jeannine Sato, Ron Haskins, Odell Cleveland, David Drugman and Terri Helmlinger-Ratcliff. This seminar focused on evidence-based jobs programs that may help alleviate unemployment and poverty in North Carolina. Policy experts and practitioners addressed the link between unemployment and...

Edward Girardet, journalist and author of the recently-published book “Killing the Cranes: A Reporter’s Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan,” will speak on his experiences reporting from Afghanistan and will discuss the role of media in addressing ongoing humanitarian situations.