Michelle Rhee is heavily involved in the American education system. She is a public figure who has spent over twenty years trying to give children the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the fast pace world. Michelle began her teaching career after signing up with Teach for America. Rhee was founder and CEO of The New Teacher Project (TNTP),... read full bio
Michael Sorrell is the President of Paul Quinn College and is known for being the longest-serving President in the 147-year history. Sorrell studed at St. Ignatius College Prep and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a master’s degree in Public Policy and a law degree from Duke University. He earned his doctorate in education from... read full bio
Michael Higginbotham is a Professor of Law, author, political consultant, and advocate for equality, equity and racial justice. As an expert on issues and topics which include civil rights, human rights, and constitutional law, Higginbotham has written numerous articles and books on these issues and has also gone on to teach. Some of his most popular books include ‘Race Law:... read full bio
Michael Fullan is a speaker, researcher, and expert on leadership who works as the Global Leadership Director for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning. The four tenets of deep learning that are promoted by the NPDL are as follows: Learning Partnerships, Learning Environments, Pedagogical Practices, and Leveraging Digital. Fullan earned his doctorate degree in sociology from the University of Toronto; he... read full bio
Matthew Walker is a British scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Over the course of his career, Walker has done research on the impact of sleep on human health and disease. Walker was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and he earned his degree in neuroscience from the University of Nottingham before going on... read full bio
Martin Hellman is an American cryptologist who is best known for inventing the public key cryptography with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Hellman was born in New York City, New York, and he earned his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from New York University and went on to earn his master’s and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Hellman went on to begin... read full bio
Luis Maria Huete is the Professor of Production, Technology and Operations Management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra. Huete has previously earned his MBA from IESE Business School and went on to earn his Doctor of Business Administration from Boston University and his Juris Doctorate from Universidad de Murcia. Huete has been working as a professor at IESE Business... read full bio
Logan Laplante is a homeschool student, avid skier, and an inspiration to those searching for happiness. He shares his views on a different path of education called hackschooling with communities across the nation. Laplante has demonstrated his hacker mindset on Ted Talks. He shows youre able to optimize your health, happiness, and creativity by taking advantage of opportunities given to... read full bio
Lindsey Pollak is known for being a voice for millennials and the workplace. She works to advise young people that want to succeed in the workforce, and helps to workplaces who want millennials to work for them. She is best known for her New York Times bestselling book Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and... read full bio
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Laura Lynne Jackson is a New York Times best-selling author, speaker, teacher, and psychic medium. Jackson has been a psychic medium for years and has read for hundreds of different people who wanted to connect with loved ones that have passed. She is a certified research medium with the Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential in Arizona and... read full bio
At the renowned Ron Clark School, an avant-garde middle school and center for teacher preparation in Atlanta, Kim Bearden serves as executive director, language arts instructor and cofounder. More than 85,000 educators from all over the world have visited Kim's classroom and taken part in her workshops to learn more effective strategies for involving students, developing relationships with them, encouraging academic... read full bio
Kay Toliver is a teacher specialising in mathematics education. Her parents always stressed that education was the key to a better life. By becoming a teacher, she hoped to inspire African-American and Hispanic youths to realize their own dreams. For more than 30 years, Kay toliver taught mathematics and communication arts at East Harlem Tech. Her educational philosophy is simple:... read full bio
Kareem Weaver is a co-founder and the executive director of FULCRUM, an organization that collaborates with stakeholders to enhance students' reading performance. He is the second vice president and chair of the education committee for the Oakland NAACP and the upcoming movie The Right to Read will highlight his advocacy. Once the Western Region Executive Director of New Leaders, Mr. Weaver was... read full bio
Dr. Jordan B Peterson is a professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and an author. He has written a few books in his career including, ‘12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos’ which is a bestseller in several countries including the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands and Brazil. Peterson has been... read full bio
Jonathan Sarna is an American professor who is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is also director of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. Sarna was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he was raised in New York City... read full bio
Jonathan Mooney is a dyslexic writer and activist who did not learn to read until he was 12 years old. Jonathan Mooney is a graduate of Brown Universitys class of 2000 and holds an honors degree in English Literature. Jonathan is founder and President of Project Eye-To-Eye, a mentoring and advocacy non-profit organization for students with learning differences. Project Eye-To-Eye... read full bio
Inspirational Speaker John Wood left Microsoft to change the world! At age 35, John Wood left an executive career track at Microsoft to form Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that combines the heart of Mother Theresa with the scalability of Starbucks" to help children across the developing world break the cycle of poverty through the power of education...and a... read full bio
John Edward Hasse is a speaker, curator, pianist, and award-winning author who is a renowned curator emeritus for the Smithsonian. During his nearly 35 year career with the Smithsonian, Hasse has been a curator for American Music at the National Museum of American History. He has curated exhibitions on musical legends which include Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Ella Fitzgerald.... read full bio
Survivor, expert, and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country's preeminent voices on the subject of bullying. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Please Stop Laughing At Me...: One Woman's Inspirational Story. A chronicle of her years as the student outcast, the book inspired a movement among bullying victims everywhere of all ages – in... read full bio
