KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

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

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

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

Education Technology Leader, Founder of November Learning, Best-Selling Author

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

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

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

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

2021 National Teacher of the Year

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

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

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

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

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

Nationally Recognized Education Consultant & Instructional Coach; Author, "Why Do I Have to Read This?," "I Read It But I Don't Get It" & "Do I Really Have to Teach More Reading?"

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Educator, Researcher, and Education Policy-Maker