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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

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

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

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

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

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Education Advocate, Author & Strategist; Speaker on Innovation, Teaching, Learning, and Education Policy

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

2021 National Teacher of the Year