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Deborah Kenny is founder of the Progressive Education Institute, author of Born to Rise, and founder and CEO of Harlem Village Academies, a network of K-12 progressive charter schools in Harlem, New York. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential educators in the country. Dr. Kenny was honored with the Columbia University Teachers College Distinguished Alumni Award and various other awards, has been named on Oprah’s Power List, Esquire’s Best and Brightest, and is regularly featured in national media. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University in comparative international education and a B.A. in intellectual history from the University of Pennsylvania. The mother of three grown children, Kenny lives in New York City.