Deborah Meier, educator and education reformer
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Deborah Meier is an educator, educational theorist, educational reformer and writer. Meier began teaching in Chicago in 1961 and in mid-1970s she helped found four alternative public schools in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, writing books and articles on education, and bringing changes in the education system.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Rock Brynner, Writer and historian
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'Yul: The Man Who Would Be King: A memoir of Father and Son (1989)' was Rock Brynner's best selling book. His latest book, which is scheduled to be published in early 2006 by Steerforth Press, 'Empire and Exile: The Brynners in Far East Russia and Beyond' reveals the history of Russia and his own family.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2005
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