Education & Teaching

Book Cover Image. Title: Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential, Author: by Deborah  Kenny

Born to Rise

Deborah Kenny

Deborah Kenny was a young widow and mother of three small children seeking to make sense of her life when she decided to devote herself to radically reinventing public education. Part memoir, part manifesto, Born to Rise recounts a journey that led her to risk her life savings to open a series of schools in Harlem -- and it reveals how she was able to attract the very best teaching talent, talent that has transformed students into achievers and teachers into believers.  

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