The school’s founder, Deborah Meier, has spent the past 35 years developing successful urban schools. In 1987, she received the MacArthur Fellowship (popularly known as “Genius” Award) for her work starting the Central Park East schools in East Harlem, NY. Through her work at the Mission Hill School, she continues to provide examples of how a dedicated community of teachers, parents, and the larger public can build truly effective schools.
She has written three books, The Power of their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem, Will Standards Save Public Education, In Schools we Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization. She also speaks widely about issues of education reform. Please visit her new website at www.deborahmeier.com
