Education speakers
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 »
Director of the Education Policy Program at New America and author of The End of College on the future of learning
Author of Practical Wisdom and one of TED’s most popular speakers
Founder and CEO of Pain Into PURPOSE, a Black Woman Owned Business that helps to motivate others
• 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
• Expert on English usage and the history of the English language, and Professor at the University of Michigan
• Author of several books, including Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words (2024)
• Creator of the social justice oriented service-learning program “Books Behind Bars”
• Educational innovator at the University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence
• 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
• 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
• Founder and CEO, Wisdom Thinkers
• Author, Educator, Story-teller, and Community Builder
• Bestselling editor of 10 crowdsourced books; featured in Oprah Mag, The New Yorker, TED.com
• Inclusive and gamified approach effective for small and large groups, company off-sites, and association event
• 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