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

Zaina Arafat

Writer, Teacher & Editor

Leslie Harrison

Poet, Teacher, Writer

Donalyn Miller

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

Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

Patricia Polacco

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

John Cantwell

John Cantwell, Guest Writer / United States / Superscript. He currently lives in San Francisco and writes for Facebook.

David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

ShaoLan Hsueh

Previous Tech Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur; Founder of Chineasy; Author of Four Best-Selling Books on Software

Heather Staker

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

Erin Gruwell

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

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

Behavioral Scientist & Best-Selling Author

Jennifer Mathieu

Award-Winning Author

Ellen Booth Church

Early Childhood Educator, Writer, Product Consultant

Ruth King

Author, Educator, Former Development Consultant to Intel & Levi Strauss

Enid Lee

Anti-Racist Professional Development Specialist, Leadership Coach, Writer

Leigh Stein

Author, Activist, Teacher & Book Coach

Michelle Kuo

Teacher, Lawyer, Writer & Passionate Advocate of Prison Education

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Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Katrina Ayres

Author, Classroom Management Specialist, Teacher Trainer

Susan Goldberg

Editorial Director of National Geographic Partners & Editor in Chief of National Geographic Magazine

Dr. Deidre Tyler

Sociologist, Instructional Technologist, Fitness Expert & Professor at Salt Lake Community College

Barbara Oakley

Professor of Engineering at Oakland University; Author of "Learning How To Learn"

Beverly Gray

Non-Fiction Author and Theater/Film Critic

Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

Mary Pope Osborne

Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"