Ember Reichgott Junge
Co-Founder
National Charter Schools Founders Library
Former Minnesota State Senator Ember Reichgott Junge is author of Minnesota’s 1991 first-in-nation charter school law, a member of the National Charter Schools Hall of Fame, founding board chair of a Minnesota charter school, and co-founder of the National Charter Schools Founders Library. Her award-winning historical memoir, Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story is currently available in audio book and ebook on the Founders Library website at www.charterlibrary.org. She is an international spokesperson for charter public schools, focusing on messaging, advocacy, origins, and board governance in 34 states, Guam, Canada and India. She is board vice chair of Maryland-based 22Beacon, copublisher of Zero Chance of Passage (as Charter Schools Development Corporation). In 2025, she was lead party of the Amicus Lawmaker brief submitted to the US Supreme Court in the St. Isidore Oklahoma case. She coordinated with eight other pioneering lawmakers and governors around the country to document the legislative origins of chartering as a new sector of public education. A nonprofit attorney, Ember is also a broadcast political commentator and competitive ballroom dancer. Her book, The Dance of Resilience: Transforming Lives through the Power of Partner Dance will be published January 19, 2026 and distributed by Simon and Schuster.
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