Kenneth Stephen Burnley (April 20, 1942 – July 2, 2011), was superintendent of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Palmer, Alaska, from July 2010 until his death in July 2011. He was a senior resident fellow at the University of Michigan School of Education. He also was the superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools from 2000 to 2005, , and Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, Alaska.