Franklin Schargel

Author & Speaker on Dropout Prevention, School Leadership, & Establishing High Performing Classrooms; Lifelong Educator

Robert Zemsky

Education Professor & Author of "Checklist for Change: Making American Higher Education a Sustainable Enterprise"

Jan Chappuis

Educator and Author

Dave Levin

Co-Founder & Superintendent, KIPP Schools

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Michael M. Crow

16th President of Arizona State University

Jamienne Studley

President, WSCUC; Former Deputy Undersecretary, US Dept. of Education

Richard Elmore

The Gregory R. Anrig Research Professor of Educational Leadership in the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Lisa Delpit

Educationalist, Author, Eminent Scholar & Former Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University

Jacob Lief

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ubuntu Education Fund

Heather Staker

Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Child Education Specialist

Tyler DeWitt

Research Scientist; High School Teacher, Digital Content Author & STEM Education Advocate

David Conley

Professor; Director, Center for Educational Policy Research

Linda Cliatt-Wayman

High School Principal in North Philadelphia; Education & Leadership Development Expert

Dr. Ronald Ferguson

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Rebecca Kantar

Founder and CEO of Imbellus

Lois Smart

Mother of Elizabeth Smart; Activist, Author, and Educator

Douglas Reeves

Founder of Creative Leadership Solutions, Education Expert on Assessment & School Reform

Anita Archer

Educational Consultant, Author of "Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching"

Cynthia Germanotta

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

Cynthia Germanotta - Psych Hub Podcast

Joshua Wyner

Executive Director of the College Excellence Program at The Aspen Institute

Sue Bredekamp

Early Childhood Education Consultant; Author

Hannah Bricker

Inclusive Education Advocate, Program Director at The Rise School of Austin & Co-Founder of Teaching2gether

Scott Lilly

Scott Lilly is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress who writes and does research in wide range of areas including governance, federal budgeting, national security and the economy.

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

Dr. Erika James talks becoming Wharton School's dean

Sunny Schwartz

Nationally Recognized Expert in Criminal Justice Reform & Founder of Resolve to Stop the Violence Project (RSVP)

George Siemens

Writer, Theorist & Researcher, Originator of Connectivism Theory

Pari Jhaveri

Partner and Global Practice lead, Transearch International Senior Adviser Centre for Civil Society Founder, Third Sector Partners and SCXO Partners

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Trish Millines Dziko

Former Microsoft Programmer; Co-Founder & Executive Director of Technology Access Foundation