KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, Professor at the Miller Center & Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

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

President & CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Former President & CEO of Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Presidential Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Founding Partner, KP Catalysts; Co-Founder & Former CEO, Forum for Youth Investment

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

President of American Federation of Teachers

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

Psychologist, Bestselling Author, Co-founder of Challenge Success

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

President of Families and Work Institute, Author, Senior Science Advisor

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

Educator, Master Teacher, Psychologist, Consultant, Expert in Learning & Human Behavior; Author of "Real Talk"

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

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

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

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