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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Liz Kleinrock

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Educator

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Doug Lemov

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Raven Baxter

Founder of STEMbassy, Science Communicator & Molecular Biologist Known as "Raven the Science Maven"

Terry Doyle

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Estela Mara Bensimon

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

Kandice Sumner

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner

George Couros

Author & Educator; Innovative Teaching, Learning and Leadership Consultant

George Couros at Commack Schools - Workshop Highlights

Cathy Seeley

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

Chase Mielke

Award-Winning Educator & Blogger; Creator of a Positive Psychology Program Teaching Topics like Optimism, Grit, & Accomplishment to At-Risk Students

Esther Wojcicki

Journalist, Educator, Vice chair of Creative Commons Advisory Council

Lisa Delpit

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

Flower Darby

Writer, Educator, Author & Consultant

Ron Ritchhart

Senior Researcher at Harvard's Project Zero, Educator, Author

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Author & African American History Professor

David Gunkel

Award-Winning Educator, Scholar & Author; Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University