"Village Academies is setting the gold standard for public education in this country."
Steve Forbes
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes
"New York City is ostensibly the capital of the world; to not have an education system that lives up to that premise is just unacceptable. What struck me about Village Academies is that there is such discipline and structure and no nonsense about providing a positive educational environment. I've never seen its like."
Barry Diller
Chairman and CEO, InterActive Corp
"With a great principal like Deborah Kenny, there is a great passion for education and the results are incredible. When I visited the atmosphere was wonderfully conducive to learning. These children are picked at random, their grades and behavior were poor when they entered, but improved phenomenally."
Fred Wilpon
Chairman, The New York Mets and Sterling Equities
"Village Academies has developed a sound plan, attracted high-level support and … I am confident they will succeed. I have come to know Deborah as an exceptional leader whose vision is at the cutting edge of education reform in America."
David Kearns.
Former Chairman and CEO, The Xerox Corporation. Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education. Author, A Legacy of Learning.
"Village Academies is poised to revolutionize the quality of education in our country."
Bruce Slovin.
Chairman, 1Eleven Associates. Former President, McAndrews & Forbes.
"The genius of their design is not just an isolated school but, rather, a new kind of public school system."
Chester E. Finn, Jr.
President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. Author The Educated Child and Charter Schools in Action.
"Village Academies idea is a more powerful idea than for-profit education management organizations [and] a more workable way to support schools than is the conventional public school district."
Paul T. Hill.
Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education. Research Professor, University of Washington. Author, Fixing Urban Schools and Reinventing Public Education.
"In my view, Village Academies has the potential to take education reform to a new level of quality and scale. Deborah Kenny can be counted on to build and lead a complex operation that delivers results, while at the same time remaining sensitive to the needs of individual students and families."
Ilan Kaufthal
Vice Chairman, Bear Stearns.
"Village Academy is one of the best schools I have seen in fifty states and five continents. This school has world-class curriculum, exceptional teaching, and extraordinary leadership. Everyone talks about accountability, but Village Academies is making it work."
Douglas Reeves, Ph. D.
President, Center for Performance Assessment
