Deborah Bial was born on 1965 and is an education strategist, the founder and president of the Posse Foundation and a trustee of Brandeis University.
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10 Facts About Deborah Bial
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Deborah Bial is known for the concept of her foundation, which is to send groups of around ten students to collaborating colleges so that they can support each other and achieve a greater success rate.
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Deborah Bial's is known for the Bial–Dale College Adaptability Index, an activity-based test of college readiness that incorporates Lego play.
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Deborah Bial's was one of the 2007 winners of the MacArthur "Genius" awards and is a frequent speaker at college graduations.
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Deborah Bial's worked briefly as a paralegal, and then became a counselor for the CityKids Foundation in New York.
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Deborah Bial's delivered the 2012 commencement speech at her alma mater, Brandeis University.
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Deborah Bial's has been chosen as a commencement speaker at numerous colleges and universities includingat DePauw University, at the University of Rochester, at Vassar College, , Kalamazoo College .
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Besides winning a MacArthur Fellowship in 2007, Deborah Bial has been given honorary degrees from many institutions of higher education includingBrandeis University, Hamilton College, Colby College, Agnes Scott College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges .
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Deborah Bial's was one of the 2013 winners of the Harold W McGraw Prize in Education.
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