Earl Phalen is one of the nation’s leading social entrepreneurs and education reformers. He has dedicated the past 20 years of his life to expanding the life opportunities of children through learning and academic engagement. His organizations have made such significant transformative changes to educate children and youth across the Northeast that President Obama has even modeled federal legislation after his summer learning program. Phalen is an Ashoka, an Echoing Green, and a Mind Trust Fellow as well as a three-time recipient of Fast Company’s Social Capitalist Award, and he was awarded the President’s Service Award by President Clinton. For his exceptional contributions in the education sector, Phalen has earned recognition from numerous major media players including MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, Time Magazine, and BET, and has also appeared on TEDx.

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