KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.

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

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

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

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

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Professor & Co-director, Center for Urban Education at University of Southern California

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

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

Award-Winning Educator & Author

Founding Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

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

One of the First Nationally Board Certified Teachers in America

2021 National Teacher of the Year

Wellness Facilitator & Former Clinical Associate Professor of Gifted Education at SMU