Presented by Cheryl Lundy Swift, M.Ed., Professional Learning Director, Learning Without Tears; and Dr. Miriam Ortiz, CEO and Chief Consultant, K12 Matters, LLC
Presented by Brittany Hogan, Educational Equity Consultant, BTheGrowth; K.C. Boyd, Library Media Specialist, Jefferson Middle School Academy, Washington D.C.; and Brittney Smith, Senior Manager of Education Partnerships (East), News Literacy Project
Presented by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, Award-Winning Author and Educator, Butterfly Heart Books; Laura Ordoñez, Head of Podcast Ratings and Reviews, Common Sense Media; and Victoria Saylor, Senior Manager, Education and Community Partnerships, Common Sense Media
Moderated by Jennifer Ehehalt, Sr. Regional Manager, Common Sense Education
Presented by Josh King, Third-Grade Teacher, Independence Elementary School (CA); John Burnett, Middle School Counselor, Spring Branch ISD (TX); and Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed., Sr. Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI
Presented by Dr. Darin Brawley, Superintendent, Compton Unified School District (CA); Patrick Sullivan, Principal, Compton Unified School District (CA); Jose Gonzalez, 21st Century Learning Specialist and Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Coach, Compton Unified School District (CA); Karina Sanchez, Student, Compton Unified School District (CA); and Karina Rodriguez, Student, Compton Unified School District (CA)
Moderated by Barbara Pape, Senior Director, Learner Variability Project, Digital Promise
Presented by Gianna Gurga, Family and Consumer Science Educator; Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed., Sr. Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI; and Jesse Poquette, M.Ed., K12 Implementations Specialist, EVERFI
In today’s technologically advanced world, workers who are computational thinkers with a firm grasp of science, engineering, math, and technology (STEM) are in high demand. However, preparing today’s students for the work of the future is challenging. Many educators, especially early childhood and elementary teachers, do not have a STEM background so the task of integrating those subjects into daily classroom lessons can feel overwhelming.
Presented by Dr. Bernadette Kelley-Brown, Principal Investigator, African American History Task Force, and Associate Professor, Florida A&M University; and Brian Knowles, Manager, Office of African, African American, Latino, Holocaust, and Gender Studies, School District of Palm Beach County (FL)
Moderated by Mathew Kirouac, Senior Director, K12, EVERFI
Presented by Pam Allyn, Founder and CEO, Dewey; Annabell Burrell, Multilingual Director and Relationship Manager, Dewey; and Hiba Eid-Khoury, Arabic Content Lead, Dewey
Presented by Eugenia Mora-Flores, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of Teacher Education and Professor of Clinical Education, Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California