E. Lockhart
Author
Other interests:Writing
Education
A Road in education doesn't have to involve marking up papers in red pen. Some politicians, lawmakers, and nonprofits work on changing the face of education, while others are changing the world one class-and one student-at a time.
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Ben Brown
Security Intelligence Response Engineer II
Akamai Technologies
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Patrick Weadon
Curator
NSA Cryptological Museum
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Artina McCain
Assistant Professor of Piano
Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis
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Evelynn M. Hammonds
Professor, History of Science, African and African American Studies
Harvard University
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Jackie Gamboa
Ph.D. Chemistry & Producer
The Big Electron Podcast
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Ivan Joseph
Author / Director of Athletics
Ryerson University
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Katherine Kuchenbecker
Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
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Marilyn Halperin
Director of Education and Communication
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
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Lisa Nielsen
Director of Digital Literacy and Citizenship
New York Department of Education
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Zio Perez
Teacher
Nettelhorst School
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Aimee Kennedy
VP of Education, Philanthropy, and STEM Learning
Battelle Memorial Institute
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Kary Mullis
Nobel Prize Winning Chemist
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Bruce Hucko
Photographer/Art Coach
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Tracey Parrish
Senior Marketing Manager
AT&T Foundry
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Mark Hannum
Neuroscience Lab Director
Thomas Jefferson School of Science and Technology
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Rodney Mullen
Professional Skateboarder
Almost Skateboards
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Beverly Donofrio
Writer
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Robert Florio
Special Education Teacher
High Tech Early College
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Rita Simó
Founder
People's Music School
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Nancy E. Turner
Author
"These Is My Words"
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Joel Laguna
Teacher
Thomas Starr King Middle School
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Melissa Michaels
Founder/Director of Educational Programming
Wild Life Productions
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Arne Duncan
US Secretary of Education
US Dept of Education
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Matt Severson
Founder
The School Fund
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Jacqueline Sanderlin
School Principal
Foster Elementary School
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Lynn Phillips
Senior Lecturer/Chief Undergraduate Advisor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Christine Borelli
CEO
Memphis Street Academy Charter School
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Joel Klein
Chancellor
New York City Schools
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Daniela Romero
ESL Coordinator
Nationalities Services Center
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Suzy Clark
Director
Mount Hermon Outdoor Science School
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Bart Eddy
Co-Founder
Detroit Community Schools
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Jim Steyer
Education Technologist
Common Sense Media
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Charles Best
Founder
DonorsChoose.org
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Mike Biggerstaff
Meteorology Professor
University of Oklahoma
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David Stovall
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Robert Kiyosaki
Businessman / Educator
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Joe Booth
Founder / Creative Director
Vidya Gamer
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David Andrade
Solar Panel Training and Certification Program Coordinator
Homeboy Industries
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Christine Carswell
Publisher
Chronicle Books
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Walter Holmes
Yoga Instructor
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Stacey Cruise
CEO
American Paradigm Schools
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Sut Jhally
Founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation
Media Education Foundation
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David Flink
Founder / CEO
Eye to Eye
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James Reeves
Designer, Writer, Teacher & Motorist
Civic Centre New Orleans
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Jes Ward
Executive Director
cityWILD
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Mr. Animation
Street Performer
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Andy Rosen
Chairman / CEO
Kaplan, Inc.
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Warren Fried
Founder
Dyspraxia Foundation USA
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Jeremy England
Biophysicist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Alejandra Ceja
Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
US Dept of Education
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Larry Colbert
Author/Speaker
Driving Vision, Inc.
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Matt H. Schneps
Astrophysicist / Director
Harvard Laboratory for Visual Learning
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Carl Wilkens
Director
World Outside My Shoes
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Evelyn Polk Green
President
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
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Jessica Santana
Co-Founder
New York On Tech
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Mike McGalliard
Executive Director
Imagination Foundation
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Robert Torres
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Joel Nitzberg
Director of Programs
New England Center for Arts & Technology (NECAT)
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Julie Azuma
Founder/CEO
Different Roads To Learning
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Omoju Miller
Software Technologist
Google.Org & UC Berkeley
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Indira Phukan
Field Science Educator
NatureBridge
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Phillip Loya
Fellows Program Recruitment Manager
CODE2040
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Cendy Vides
Operations Manager / Family Engagement Coordinator
College Track
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Elizabeth Clay Roy
Chief Strategy Officer
Phipps Neighborhoods, South Bronx Rising Together
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Annie Pope
Information Assurance Specialist
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Ward Hessig
Skydive Instructor
Chicagoland Skydiving Center
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Thomas Nazario
Professor of Law
University of San Francisco
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Bonnie Kennedy
Chief Science Officer
Blue Marble Game Company
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Abelardo Morell
Photographer/Professor
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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Julianne Malveaux
President
Bennett College for Women
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Cathryn Collins
Senior Account Manager
Pistol & Stamen
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Sam Ross
Founder
Green Chimneys Children's School
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Nolan Bushnell
CEO
BrainRush
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Erin Brown
Executive Director, Office of Children's Affairs
City of Denver
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David Lopez
Executive Director
Teach For America
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George Kerscher
Secretary General
DAISY Consortium
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Janiece Evans-Page
Vice President of Fossil Global Giving / Head of Fossil Foundation
Fossil Group, Inc.
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Sarah Lyle
Senior Corps Member
City Year
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Sean McComb
Teacher
Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts
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Omar Cardenas
Youth Organizer
Children's Defense Fund
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Leonard Schlesinger
Professor
Harvard Business School
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Robin Conrad
Choreographer & Dance Lecturer
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
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Dyane Smokorowski
Technology and Innovation Lead Teacher
USD 385 Andover Public Schools
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Melisa Hypolite
College Access Program Specialist
CollegeBound Foundation
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Michael Hansen
CEO
Cengage Learning
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Paul LeBlanc
President
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)
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Matthew Mugo Fields
Executive Vice President & General Manager of Supplemental and Intervention Solutions
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Allen Lee
Senior Public Programs & Education Manager
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
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Michael R. Cunningham
Chancellor & CEO
National University System
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Leah Jewell
Managing Director, Career Development and Employability
Pearson
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Isa Adney
Author & Speaker
"Community College Success: How to Finish with Friends, Scholarships, Internships, and the Career of Your Dreams"
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Will Sampson
Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Services
Wayne County Community College District
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Eric Waldo
Executive Director of Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative
Civic Nation
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Emilie Parham
School Psychologist
EMP Psychological Services, LLC
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Gary Bolles
Chair for the Future Of Work
Singularity University
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Tristan Love
Assistant Principal
Houston Independent School District
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Sarah Love
Archaeology Outreach Coordinator
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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Peter Taylor
President
ECMC Foundation
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Geoffrey Canada
Education Reform Activist
Harlem Children's Zone
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Heejae Lim
Founder & Executive Director
TalkingPoints
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Ron His Horse Is Thunder
Former President
Sitting Bull College
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Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Chancellor
The California Community Colleges
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Julia Winter
Founder & CEO
Alchemie
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Cecelia Schartiger
Cybersecurity
IBM
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Candace Benson
Interim Dean of Dental Programs
Wayne County Community College District
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Stephanie Toman
Teacher
Kiker Elementary School
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Lisa Legohn
Master Welder
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Huntington Lambert
Dean, Division of Continuing Education & University Extension
Harvard University
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Shaun McAlmont
President of Career Readiness Education
K12
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Ernest Melendrez
Job Specialist
Friends Outside LA
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Robert Garcia
Mayor
City of Long Beach
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Blair Pircon
Co-Founder & CEO
The Graide Network
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Jim Larimore
Chief Officer
ACT Center for Equity in Learning
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Plinio Ayala
CEO & President
Per Scholas
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Jill Biden
Former Second Lady of the United States of America
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Hasan McWhorter
Teacher
The Met Sacramento High School
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Karin Norington-Reaves
CEO
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
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Gerald Chertavian
CEO
Year Up
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Richard Fletcher
Guide II Supervisor
Hearst Castle
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Lauren Birgenheier
Associate Professor, Geology & Geophysics
University of Utah
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Maria-Theresa Servillon Sigua
Attorney & "Maria's Random Rants" Blogger
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Joy King
Managing Director
Per Scholas
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Frank Cruz
Co-Founder
Telemundo
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Mialisa Bonta
Founder & CEO
LitLab
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Sandy Husk
CEO
AVID
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Reyna Grande
Author
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Eric Bing
CEO
The College of Health Care Professions
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Ken Eisner
Director of Worldwide Education Programs
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Elyse Rosenblum
Principal
Grads of Life
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Leilani Brown
Senior Vice President
K12
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Ellen Galinsky
Chief Science Officer
Bezos Family Foundation
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Fram Virjee
President
California State University, Fullerton
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Tam Nguyen
President & Co-owner
Advance Beauty College
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Jeremy Singer
President
College Board
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John Fallon
CEO
Pearson
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Stacey Childress
Deputy Director
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Jeffrey McDaniel
Lecturer
University of California, Riverside
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Karin Hilgersom
President
Truckee Meadows Community College
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Ahmad Itani
Foundation Professor & Associate Vice President for Research
University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center
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Chris Reilly
Workforce Development & Education Lead
Tesla
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Ann Quiroz Gates
Professor & Chair, Computer Science Department
The University of Texas at El Paso
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Todd Litzsinger
Chairman, Acting President & CEO
Follett Corporation
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David Miyashiro
Superintendent
Cajon Valley Union School District
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Angela Selden
CEO
American Public Education, Inc.
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Rodney Robinson
Teacher
Virgie Binford Education Center
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Carmen Garner
Art Teacher & Nonprofit Founder
Inner City Anglers
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Michelle Emerson
Fourth-Grade Teacher
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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Vera Ahiyya
Teacher
NYC Department of Education
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Trevor Boffone
Spanish Teacher
Bellaire High School
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Ron Clark
Teacher & Founder
Ron Clark Academy
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Tray Robinson
Special Education Teacher
Stipe Elementary School
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Bryan Bassette
Assistant Principal
Elmhurst United Middle School
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Cecily Myart-Cruz
President
United Teachers of Los Angeles
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May Ng
Biology Teacher
Mark Keppel High School
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Bianca Alvarado
Spanish Teacher
High Tech High Chula Vista
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Lynette Stant
Third-Grade Teacher
Salt River Elementary School
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Jason Kimberley
Founder & CEO
Cool Australia
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