KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

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

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

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"

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

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

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

2019 National Teacher of the Year

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

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

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

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

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

Writer, Activist, Fulbright Scholar, Former Executive Editor at Ms. Magazine

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

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

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate