Education Reform Speakers

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

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

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

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

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

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

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

Educator & Founder of LiberatED

Former Democratic Senator of California

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

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

French Economist, Business Leader

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

President of Saeculum Research & LifeCourse Associates; Renowned Authority on Generations; Coined the Term "Millennial Generation"

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Columnist & Political Commentator

Former Teacher; Now An Instructional Designer and Author on Effective Instruction on Learning

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

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