Kenneth S. Burnley

Kenneth Stephen Burnley, is currently a Senior Resident Fellow at the University of Michigan School of Education [ [http://sitemaker.soe.umich.edu/soe/staff&mode=single&recordID=898094&nextMode=list University of Michigan School of Education - Senior Resident Fellow ] .] He was formerly Superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901EED71438F935A35756C0A9669C8B63 New York Times - Detroit's Embattled School District to Be Shepherded by One of Its Graduates ] ] , Colorado Springs District 11 Schools [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55169549.html?dids=55169549:55169549&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+15%2C+1993&author=Pat+Ordovensky&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=02.D&desc=Superintendent+of+the+year+lets+innovation+work USA Today - Superintendents of the Year Let's Innovation Work ] ] , and Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, Alaska [ [http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/print/78544067.html Entrepreneur.com Reconnecting the system] ] .

In 1993, Kenneth Burnley was named Superintendent of the year by the American Association of School Administrators [ [http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?mnitemnumber=&tnitemnumber=&itemnumber=4870&unitemnumber=&pf=1&snitemnumber= AASA National Superintendent of Year Honorees Reflect on the Significance of the Award] ] . In 2008, he was a finalist for the Eastern Michigan University presidential search [ [http://www.michronicleonline.com/articlelive/articles/2681/1/Burnley-is-finalist-for-EMU-presidency/Page1.html Michigan Chronicle - Burnley is finalist for EMU presidency] ] .

Accomplishments

Named first African-American track coach [ [http://kennethburnley.com/sites/default/files/images/burnleytrackandfield.jpgProgram Picture] ] at the University of Michigan in 1968

Desegregated the Ypsilanti Public Schools

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