KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Lifelong Educator & Award-Winning Coach; Founder, Way Beyond Measure; Character Awareness & Youth Development Expert

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School; Author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do"

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Professor, Author, Researcher, Teacher Advocate

Educator, Master Teacher, Psychologist, Consultant, Expert in Learning & Human Behavior; Author of "Real Talk"

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Author & Founder of Smart Classroom Management

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Educational Consultant; Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculum Design at Mindset Works

Milken National Educator & Best-Selling Author

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)