Up Close Podcast with Sara Sneed

Dr. Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, knows what ingredients form the recipe for a quality public education system. He and Sara discuss how to build the capacity of educators and schools to create safe learning environments and ensure. They offer unique ways educators and schools can meet the needs of students and families to help them succeed in the classroom.

Immigrant educators bring a unique perspective to public education and often make a powerful impact on their students and school communities. Alhassan Susso, a native of the Gambia and the 2019 New York Teacher of the Year educator, has done just that in his Bronx, NY high school. He and Sara discuss his incredible journey from Africa to the United States and what inspired him to give back to the next generation. They dissect how Susso uses relationships-building to lead his students down the path to graduation and how other educators can learn from his success.

A strong public education system is the backbone of a functioning democracy. Join host Sara Sneed as she and other leading voices look Up Close at the nation’s public education system and discuss the amazing opportunities to reshape it into one that is more fair, equitable and just for all.