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

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D

Author, Professor of Literacy Education

Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Estela Mara Bensimon

Professor & Co-director, Center for Urban Education at University of Southern California

John H. Bracey, Jr.

Co-Director of the African Diaspora Studies at Amherst College

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Dr. Tony Sinanis

Elementary Principal of Year, #HackingLeadership Author & Blogger

Cathy Seeley

Former Senior Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, Mathematics Teacher & Author

Carol Geary Schneider

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Donalyn Miller

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

We Need Diverse Books: Donalyn Miller

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.

Dr. Adolph Brown

Educator, Businessman & Author

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Ann Batenburg

Education Consultant at Mindset Works & Clinical Associate Professor of Gifted Education at SMU

LeAnn Nickelsen

Founder & CEO of Maximize Learning

Katherine McKnight

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

Jennifer Abrams

International Educational & Communications Consultant, Author and Voice Coach

Robyn Jackson

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Kim Geddie

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

Sydney Jensen

Educator, 2019 Nebraska Teacher of the Year & Mental Health Advocate

December 2021 PLC Features TED Talk Speaker & Educator Sydney Jensen

Kate Gerson

Chief Executive Officer of UnboundEd

Torey Hayden

Special Education Teacher and Author

Suzie Boss

Writer & Educational Consultant

Walter Hood

Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design at UC Berkeley

Jeff Zwiers

Senior Researcher at Stanford University, English Literacy Expert & Teacher

Kylene Beers

Award-Winning Educator & Author

Dr. George D. Kuh

Founding Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

Paul Acampora

Former Kindergarten Teacher & Children's Author Known for "I Kill the Mockingbird"

Arthur Levine

Distinguished Scholar of Higher Education at New York University, President Emeritus of Teachers College at Columbia University & President Emeritus of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Peter Lake

Director, Center for Higher Education Law & Policy

Dr. Taghreed AlSaraj

Dr. Al-Saraj is currently head of e-Learning Content Development at Takamol a Saudi governmental company that serves the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development. She is the Saudi on-line educational guru. In her department, she creates online cours