Katherine McKnight

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

Ellin Oliver Keene

Educator & Non-Profit Director

Steve Chiger

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

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Anita Archer

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

Jennifer Daniels

Singer-Songwriter; Learning Advocate; Runs "Songwriting IS Writing" Project For Schools

Cris Tovani

Nationally Recognized Education Consultant

Mary Ehrenworth

Deputy Director of Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

Kate DiMeo and Laura Schiller

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

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

Diane Luby Lane

Founder & Executive Director of Get Lit-Words Ignite; Literacy Advocate, Executive Producer & TEDx Speaker

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Ross Burach

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Donalyn Miller

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

Susan B. Neuman

Educator, Researcher, and Education Policy-Maker

Jeff Zwiers

Senior Researcher at Stanford University, English Literacy Expert & Teacher

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Edwin De La Rosa

Ph.D. Student, Youth Empowerment Speaker, Motivational Speaker on DEI

Bryan Collier

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Best Known for "Uptown"

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Lisa Nielsen

Director of Digital Literacy & Inclusion in NYC's Education Department; Known for Award-Winning Blog "The Innovative Educator"