Education Reform Speakers

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

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project

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

Former Democratic Senator of California

Founder & CEO at Wiring Growth

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Educator & Founder of LiberatED

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

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

Author & Educator; Innovative Teaching, Learning and Leadership Consultant

Founder of Creative Leadership Solutions, Education Expert on Assessment & School Reform

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

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

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

President and CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education; Social Justice Advocate; Youth Engagement & Education Reform Expert

Women's Rights Advocate & Author of "Brick By Brick"

Former Executive Director of the George Lucas Education Foundation; Author of "Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools"