10 African-American Innovators of Education
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MadameNoire
Roland Fryer
At the age of 27, Roland Fryer was an assistant professor of economics at Harvard. At 30, he was the youngest African-American to receive tenure at the prestigious university. Henry Louis Gates said, “He was destined to be a star.” Today, Fryer is CEO of Education Innovation Labs at Harvard, which works with economists and social scientists to determine formulas for closing the education gap. One controversial program tested how giving cash incentives to students impact their test scores and behavior. Fryer earned his Ph.D at Penn State University.
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