Education Policy Speakers

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; Mental Health Advocate

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project

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

Architect & Author of "A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America"

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

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

CEO of the Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Served as Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Teen Success Coach & Co-Author of "The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives"

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

President and CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

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

Former Democratic Senator of California

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

Deputy Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary-General

Student Advocate & Education Reformer

Chief Academic Officer at Relay Lab Schools

Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Child Education Specialist

CEO of Lumina Foundation