KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Director of the Early Childhood Leadership Institute at the University of the District of Columbia's National Center for Urban Education

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

2021 National Teacher of the Year

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

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

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

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

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

Motivational Speaker and Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, Leadership, Improving Education, Youth Development & Family Enrichment; College & University Speaker, known as “Mr. I’m Possible.”

Award-Winning Author & Expert on Educational Leadership, Literacy and Student Skill Development

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice