Rich Lowry

Editor in Chief of the National Review

Alfie Kohn

Author & Speaker on Human Behavior, Education, & Parenting; Outspoken Critic of Education's Fixation on Grades

Evelyn Hu-DeHart

Professor of History; Director of the Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity in America at Brown University

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Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Edward (Ned) Hallowell

ADHD Expert, NY Times Best Selling Author, Psychiatrist, Harvard Medical Faculty, Founder of Hallowell Centers

Erin Gruwell

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

The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide

Nieca Goldberg

Cardiologist & Medical Director of the NYU Center for Women’s Health; National Spokesperson for the American Heart Association

James Garbarino

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

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

Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Catherine Clinton

Pioneering Historian of the American South; Author, Editor & Denman Professor at University of Texas

Will Allen

Pioneer in the Urban Farming Movement, Author & Founder of Growing Power

Michael Port

Bestselling Author of "Book Yourself Solid" & "The Think Big Manifesto"

Frank Newport

Former Editor-in-Chief of the Gallup Poll, Vice President of the Gallup Organization & Author

Greil Marcus

Music Journalist, Author & Cultural Critic.

Kathryn Kellogg

Author of "101 Ways to Go Zero Waste" & National Geographic's Spokesperson for Plastic-Free Living

Deborah Ellis

Award-Winning Author of International Best-Seller, "The Breadwinner", Feminist and Peace Activist

HG Bissinger

Honored and Distinguished Writer

Liza Long

Advocate for Children’s Mental Health

Mark Oppenheimer

Religion Journalist for The New York Times & Parenting Columnist

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