Richard Kahlenberg

Richard D. Kahlenberg (born June 8, 1963) is an American researcher and writer who has written about a variety of education, labor and housing issues.

Kahlenberg is Director of the American Identity Project and Director of Housing Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute, and a professorial lecturer at George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.

The author or editor of 20 books, Richard D. Kahlenberg has been described as “the intellectual father of the economic integration movement” in K–12 education and “arguably the nation’s chief proponent of class-based affirmative action in higher education admissions.” He has also written extensively on housing, teachers’ unions, charter schools, community colleges, and labor organizing.

Kahlenberg's articles have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and The Atlantic and he has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, C-SPAN, MSNBC, and NPR.