KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Lifelong Educator & Award-Winning Coach; Character Awareness & Youth Development Expert

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

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"

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

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"

Educator, Businessman & Author

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

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

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

Professor, Author, Researcher, Teacher Advocate

Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculum Design at Mindset Works

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Author & Founder of Smart Classroom Management

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Award Winning Education Leader With a MSEd in Instructional Design and Technology

Award-Winning Author & Expert on Educational Leadership, Literacy and Student Skill Development