Education Policy Speakers

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

The Gregory R. Anrig Research Professor of Educational Leadership in the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Student Advocate & Education Reformer

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

Former Democratic Senator of California

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

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

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

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

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

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning

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

Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

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

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

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

President and CEO at Resiliency Inc.

UNC System President-Elect; Former Bush Administration Official; Former United States Secretary of Education