Richard d kahlenberg biography

Richard D. Kahlenberg is an education and housing policy researcher, writer, consultant, and speaker.

He is also Director of Housing Policy and Director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute. In addition, he is a professorial lecturerat George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. He was recently featured in a front-page New York Times profile on his policy work as a "liberal maverick."

The author or editor of 18 books, Kahlenberg has been recognized primarily for his expertise in three policy areas:

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• Diversity in K-12 schools He has been labeled “the intellectual father of the economic integration movement” in K–12 schooling.

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• Zoning barriers to housing opportunities His work on how housing policies inhibit educational opportunities made him one of Washingtonian magazine&rs