"Sharon Draper is not only a teacher, but an accomplished writer. She has received an abundance of awards, including the National Teacher of the Year Award and the Coretta Scott King Literary Award. Draper’s publications have hit the New York Times bestsellers list, with her book Out of my Mind being noted on the list for nearly two years. Draper... read full bio
Sharon McMahon, a former high school government and law teacher, is dedicated to teaching Americans about democracy, politics, and history while curating facts, entertainment, and motivation. After years of teaching law and government in high school, Sharon brought her love of learning to Instagram with the goal of using unbiased facts to counter political disinformation. Sharon gained notoriety as "America's... read full bio
Shep Doeleman is a SAO Astronomer, author, and Harvard Senior Research Fellow who is a professor of physics at Harvard University. He researches super massive black holes with sufficient resolution to directly observe the event horizon. Doeleman and his group use telescopes that observe a mm wavelengths to create an Earth-size telescope using the technique of Very Long Baseline Interferometry.... read full bio
Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's School of Education is Sonia Nieto. Nieto is one of the top authors and teachers in the topic of diversity, with expertise working with kids of diverse ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. She has received numerous honors in her field, including the National Association for Multicultural Education's Multicultural... read full bio
Steven Bollar's educational career started as a visual arts teacher in Lawrenceville Township Schools, New Jersey. During his seven years in Lawrenceville as an elementary art teacher he developed an impressive art program. Steven developed such programs as ARTS DAY, Hot Steppers, and Parent Portrait Night. Each of the programs allowed him to gain experience in administration... read full bio
Renowned mathematician and statistician Talithia Williams works at Harvey Mudd College to research the spatiotemporal structure of data. She is also known for being the first black woman to achieve tenure at Harvey Mudd College. After earning her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Spelcman college and acquiring her master’s in Statistics from Rice University and Mathematics from Howard University, she... read full bio
Tarun Khanna is an Indian-born American author, economic strategist, and professor who is currently the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School where he is also a member of the strategy group, and has been a director of their South Asia initiative. Khanna has earned his B.S. with a major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University... read full bio
Terri L. Bowersock is the founder and Chairwoman of Terris Consigned and Design Furnishings Inc., a muti-million dollar chain of consignment stores stretching from coast to coast. As a successful businesswoman, Terri Bowersock's uncontained drive and enthusiasm has lead to the development of four additional highly successful businesses. Through her book, Success It Can Be Yours, Terri Bowersock has shared... read full bio
Thomas G. West is the author of In the Minds Eye and Thinking Like Einstein. A second edition of In the Minds Eye was released with a new Introduction from Oliver Sacks, MD. The book has had 15 printings, been selected as one of the best of the best for the year by the American Library Association and has been... read full bio
Timothy Garton Ash is a contemporary British historian, author, and commentator. He is currently the Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and is known for his work in the late modern and contemporary history of Central and Eastern Europe. Ash was born in London and studied modern history at Exeter College, Oxford. He then went on to study at... read full bio
Toby Walsh has been a Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence and has been a leading researcher in AI. Walsh is also a Laureate fellow and has worked at the UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales and Data61. Walsh has earned his M.A. in theoretical physics and mathematics from the University of Cambridge... read full bio
Tony Wagner is a speaker, writer, author, teacher, and Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute. He also worked at Harvard University for over 20 years holding various positions; he also was an Expert in Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab. He also co-directs and helped to found the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.... read full bio
Ulrich Boser is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He has written books, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything, The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters, and The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the Worlds Largest Art... read full bio
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger is an Austrian Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, an author, and founder of Ikarus Software. Viktor was born in Zell am See, and he studied law at the University of Salzburg where he competed in the International Physics Olympiad as well as the Austrian Young Programmers Contest.... read full bio
Wendy Sue Kopp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For All as well as the founder of Teach For America. Teach For All is a global network of independent organizations that that are led with the goal in mind to ensure children have the opportunity to fulfill their full potential, and Teach For America, which is a nonprofit thats... read full bio
Wendy Puriefoy has held the position of president of the Public Education Network (PEN), the biggest network of independent, neighborhood-based school reform organizations in the country, since 1991. The goal of PEN is to increase support for and demand for high-quality public education for all children. PEN advocates for more financing, more teacher professional development, updated school infrastructure, and greater public... read full bio
Prepare for tons of entertainment, music and dancing by saying the magic phrase, "Yo Gabba Gabba!" Muno! (He is tall and kind!) Foofa! (She exudes pink and joy!) Brobee! The tiny green one Toodee! (She enjoys having fun!) Plex! An amazing robot! And DJ Lance Rock, the one and only! Yo Gabba Gabba is a groundbreaking television program that combines a vintage... read full bio
Yong Khao is an entrepreneur, and educator who is the Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and who has been a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. Through his work as an educator, Khao has previously been the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean and Director of the... read full bio
