EDUCATION
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 »
Passionate advocate for connecting people with nature, & host of the Emmy-nominated PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train
Co-founder & Executive Director of World Savvy on the transformative power of global education
Director of the Education Policy Program at New America, author of The End of College on the future of learning
• 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
• Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month
• Co-founder of 100 Word Story
• Author of Pep Talks for Writers & Brave the Page
• Author of several bestselling books including All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
• 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
• Co-founder & Executive Director of World Savvy on the transformative power of global education
• 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 The Smartest Kids in the World, The Unthinkable, and High Conflict
• Investigative journalist
• 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
• 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.