Teaching Speakers

Founder & CEO of High Tech High; Former Lecturer at the Harvard School of Education

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

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

Award-winning Educator and Instructional Innovation Specialist Redefining the Purpose of School

Educator & Founder of LiberatED

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

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

Author & Educator; Innovative Teaching, Learning and Leadership Consultant

Motivational Speaker for At-risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School; Author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do"

Co-Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions & Post-Conviction Lawyer featured on Netflix's "Making a Murderer"

International Speaker on Leadership, Communication, Motivation, Relationship-Based Selling, Diversity & Inclusion.

President of Silver Strong & Associates and Author of "The Core Six"

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

Science Teacher, Enthusiast & Author

President and CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Artist , Fashion Designer & Professor; Contestant on Season 12 of "Project Runway"

Senior Researcher at Stanford University, English Literacy Expert & Teacher

President of Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. & Author of "Teach Like a Pirate"

President of Samsung NEXT and Chief Innovation Officer of Samsung Electronics