Erin Gruwell

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

Dear Freedom Writer: Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation

Stewart Butterfield

CEO & Co-Founder of Slack; Co-Founder of Flickr; Entrepreneur & Technologist

The Value of Shared Purpose: Stewart Butterfield, CEO, Slack

Andrew Huberman

Neuroscientist & Professor, Stanford University; Host of Huberman Lab Podcast

Understand & Improve Memory Using Science-Based Tools

Dr. Brandi Biscoe Kenner

Cognitive Developmental Psychologist, Educator & Nonprofit Organizational Development Guru

Susan Schneider

NASA-Baruch Blumberg Chair at the Library of Congress , Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist & Author of "Artificial You: AI and the Future of the Mind"

Chef Ace Champion

Celebrity TV Chef/Author/Visionary Motivational Speaker

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & Former CEO at Wiring Growth, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

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Hunter Boylan

Former Director of the National Center for Developmental Education, Professor at Appalachian State University

Todd Whitaker

Professional Development/Educational Consultant for Teachers and Principals

Doug Lemov

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

Teaching in the Online Classroom: Surviving and Thriving in the New Normal

Jon Bergmann

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

Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn

Founding Dean,The Minerva Schools at KGI.

Vic Strecher, Ph.D. MPH

Founder, JOOL Health; Professor, University of Michigan’s School of Public Health; Director for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

Rick Hanson, PhD

Neuropsychologist Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Dr. Tali Sharot

Leading Expert on Human Decision-Making & Optimism; Cognitive Neuroscientist & Author

Gever Tulley

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

Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Christine Comaford

New York Times Bestselling Author of *Rules for Renegades* & *Smart Tribes*

Ron Clark

Founder of the Ron Clark Academy & NYTimes Bestselling Author; Disney's American Teacher of the Year & Education Innovator

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

LAUSD receives more than $44M in state grant funds aimed to bolster under-resourced sch...