KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Chief Executive Officer at Ghetto People Productions; Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Educator, Podcaster & Author of "The Innovator's Mindset" and "What Makes a Great Principal"

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

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

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Milken National Educator & Best-Selling Author

2021 National Teacher of the Year

Educational Consultant; Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculum Design at Mindset Works

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"