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Ebony Payne Brown

Founder & Exec Dir
PEACE Academy Charter

Ebony Payne Brown has been in education for over 15 years. She started her career at the University of Delaware where she studied Early Childhood Development and Education, then joined the 2006 Metro Atlanta Teach For America Corps and taught for five years in Atlanta Public Schools. In 2008, she obtained her Masters of Art in Education in Curriculum and Instruction. After leaving the classroom she has coached new teachers, managed a team of Instructional Coaches, and served as Managing Director of Institute Program for Teach For America. She is currently the visionary founder of PEACE Academy Charter, one of the first public schools in Georgia with an Afrocentric curriculum. E

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