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Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University and executive director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, will present "Education and Social Transformation: Creating Schools That Can Meet the Needs of a Changing Society" on Tuesday, September 17, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium.

As societies undergo demographic transformation, schools are required to play a role in integrating new citizens and immigrants so that the strains caused by social adjustment can be eased over time. However, educators typically receive little guidance in what they should do during such periods of change to facilitate language acquisition and acculturation for the newcomers or to prepare the host population for the changes that will invariably occur. Drawing on research from the United States and other societies that have undergone transformations as a result of immigration and demographic change, this presentation will describe what educators and policymakers can do to ensure that immigrant youth receive an education that will enable them to successfully adjust to their new society.

Noguera, who co-directs NYU’s Institute for Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings, will also deliver a community presentation titled "Building the Capacity of Schools to Meet Student Needs" from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in Buffalo's Westminster Community Charter School, 24 Westminster Avenue. Both events are free and open to the public. Please visit the School of Education website for details: www.buffalostate.edu/yearoftheteacher.