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Education Reform Leader

Deborah Meier is an American education reform leader, born on April 6, 1931. She is renowned for her contributions to public education and her advocacy for educational equity.

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“I take enormous pleasure every time I see something that I've done that cannot be wiped out. In some way ... I guess it's a protest against mortality. But it's been so much fun! It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.”

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Author:Deborah Meier

“We are all carriers of our own stories. We have never trusted our own voices. Reforms came, but we don't make them. They were presented by people removed from schools, by 'experts'. Such changes bi passes school. School by school changes, however slow, could make a powerful difference.”

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Author:Deborah Meier

“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.”

Source: The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem

“It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.”

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Author:Deborah Meier

About the Author

Born: April 6, 1931
Known for: Education Reform Leader
Quotes: 15

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The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in HarlemRelated source material

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