KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

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

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"

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

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

2021 National Teacher of the Year

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

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

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

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Resilience, Mindset & Change Expert, Entrepreneur, Burn Survivor; Celebrated Artist, Inspirational Storyteller

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist