Deborah Meier

Deborah Meier is an American educator, writer, and public-school reformer whose career has included work as a kindergarten teacher, principal, and advocate in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston. She founded Central Park East Elementary School in East Harlem in 1974 and later helped establish Mission Hill School in Boston. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and is recognized as a leading figure in the small-schools movement.

Meier is the author or coauthor of The Power of Their Ideas, Will Standards Save Public Education?, In Schools We Trust, Keeping School, Many Children Left Behind, and These Schools Belong to You and Me. Her writing focuses on democratic school communities, public education, and the effects of testing and standardization.