Kahlenberg (born June 8, 1963) is an American writer who is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and has written about a variety of education issues.
Kahlenberg graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1985 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989.
Between college and law school, he spent a year in Kenya at the University of Nairobi School of Journalism, as a Rotary Scholar.
Kahlenberg has been a Fellow at the Center for National Policy, a visiting associate professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, and a legislative assistant to Senator Charles S.
Robb (D-VA).
He is also a nonresident senior fellow at Education Sector and serves on the advisory board of the Pell Institute.