Kaya Henderson

Kaya Henderson is the CEO of Reconstruction, a technology company delivering aK-12 supplemental curriculum that situates Black people, culture, and contributions in anauthentic, identity-affirming way, so that students of all backgrounds benefit from a morecomplete understanding of our shared history and society. She is also the co-host of Pod Savethe People, and leads Kaya Henderson Consulting.She is perhaps best known for serving as Chancellor of DC Public Schools from 2010-2016.Her tenure was marked by consecutive years of enrollment growth, an increase ingraduation rates, improvements in student satisfaction and teacherretention, increases in AP participation and pass rates, and the greatest growth of any urbandistrict on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) over multiple years.She received her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and her Master of Arts in Leadership fromGeorgetown University.