Education speakers

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Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative journalist who writes for the Atlantic and the Washington Post. She is the author of High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, The Smartest Kids in the World--and How They Got That Way and The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes, and Why. LEARN MORE »

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Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Dream Hoarders & Of Boys and Men

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Author of Practical Wisdom and one of TED’s most popular speakers

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Founder and CEO of Pain Into PURPOSE, a Black Woman Owned Business that helps to motivate others

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• Former head of UNICEF on leading with purpose

• Director of the Education Policy Program at New America

• Author of The End of College on the future of learning

• Creator of the social justice oriented service-learning program “Books Behind Bars”

• Educational innovator at the University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence


• One of the most influential figures in education policy

• Author of several books, including The College Dropout Scandal

• From homelessness to H.S. valedictorian to full ride at Georgetown

• Founder and CEO of Pain Into PURPOSE, a Black Woman Owned Business that helps to motivate others

• Author of exclaimed book The Extended Mind on helping people understand how we learn & how we can do it better 

• NY Times Bestselling author of High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, The Smartest Kids in the World and The Unthinkable

• Co-Host of the Slate podcast, How-To


• Host of the Emmy-nominated PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train

• Passionate advocate for connecting people with nature 

• Author of Zig Zag & other books on the power of collaboration & greater creativity  


• Lecturer at UC Berkely's Haas School of Business 

• Author of Practical Wisdom

• One of TED’s most popular speakers 

• Author of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What to Do About It


• Creator of the Six-Word Memoir Project

• Editor of 10 crowdsourced books; featured in Oprah Mag, The New Yorker, TED.com

• Prize-winning author of The Newcomers, Soldier Girls, & Just Like Us

• Speaks with compassion about the journeys of refugees who have been invited to resettle in the US

• Founder/CEO of buildOn - Bringing education & opportunity to the world's poorest by mobilizing inner-city youth & helping to build schools in developing nations.