KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

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

Award-Winning Author, Researcher & Expert on Educational Leadership, Literacy & Student Skill Development; Podcast Co-Host, "The Science of Reading for Grades 4-12"

Author, Professor of Literacy Education

Founder and Lead Literacy Consultant at NQC Literacy; Adjunct Professor at New York University

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

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

International Literacy Consultant

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners & Social Justice at UCLA

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

Milken Educator Award-Winning School Leadership & Classroom Equity Speaker; Bestselling Author

Professor, Author, Resilience Trainer & Teacher Advocate

Founder & CEO of Maximize Learning

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant; Strategist for Helping Educators Improve Student Success

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Executive Director at Association for Early Learning Leaders; Early Care & Education Authority

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Research Scientist; High School Teacher, Digital Content Author & STEM Education Advocate

Economics & Public Policy Consultant; Early Childhood Education Advocate

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor