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 »
Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Dream Hoarders & Of Boys and Men
Author of Practical Wisdom and one of TED’s most popular speakers
Passionate advocate for connecting people with nature, & host of the Emmy-nominated PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train
• 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
• 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
• 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.