KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

International Leader in Education Technology & Author of NYT Bestseller "Who Owns the Learning?", Founder of November Learning

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Director of the Early Childhood Leadership Institute at the University of the District of Columbia's National Center for Urban Education

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

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

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

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

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

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

2021 National Teacher of the Year

Associate Director & Dissemination Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco

Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculum Design at Mindset Works

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

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

Author & Speaker on Human Behavior, Education, & Parenting; Outspoken Critic of Education's Fixation on Grades