Education Policy Speakers

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

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

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

Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

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

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

Former Democratic Senator of California

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

Chief Academic Officer at Relay Lab Schools

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

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

Director of LePage-Miller Education Firm; Author of "Prime Time Parenting"

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

High School Principal in North Philadelphia; Education & Leadership Development Expert

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

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