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The Literacy Crisis: If It’s a Right, Why Is It Still a Privilege?

Presented by Octavia Gray-Essex, Ed.D., Former Educator, Current Senior Education Advisor, Lexia; Caresa Dodson, Ph.D., LETRS Professional Learning Customer Success Manager, Lexia; Carly Waters, Ph.D., LETRS Dedicated District Success Manager, Lexia; and Jessica Stroven, LETRS Professional Learning Customer Success Manager, Lexia

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Before Absence Becomes a Pattern: Using Family Engagement to Prevent Chronic Absenteeism

Presented by Odetta Smith, Ed.D., Experienced Educator, Director of Innovation & Life Readiness, EL | Federal Programs | Library Services | Personalized Learning | Virtual Learning, Pattonville School District (MO); Ashish Chaturvedi, Founder, School Diary®; and Bill Bass, Past President of the Board of Directors at ISTE, Experienced Educator, Parkway School District (MO)
Moderated by Ellen Cleary, Experienced Educator, Senior Strategist, Advancing Global EDU, Inc.

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Keeping Schools and Libraries Connected: Why E-Rate Matters

Presented by John Harrington, CEO of Funds For Learning; Megan Sutherland, Chief Operating Officer, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System; Dr. LaTonya Goffney, AASA President, Superintendent, Aldine Independent School District (TX); Jon Bernstein, President and Founder/Co-Chair, Bernstein Strategy Group/EdLiNC; and Joseph Wender, Executive Director, Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB)
Moderated by Noelle Ellerson Ng, Chief Advocacy & Governance Officer, AASA

Improving Literacy Outcomes with AI: Lessons from Schools Around the World

Improving Literacy Outcomes with AI: Lessons from Schools Around the World

Presented by Dr. Sherri N. Wilson, Former Director of Innovative Learning, Current Principal, William Dandy Middle School, Broward County Public Schools (FL); Dr. Geri Gillespy, Experienced Education Leader, Director, Industry Advisor, Microsoft Elevate in the Americas; Leigh Williams, Information and Technology Executive, Brisbane Catholic Education; and Allie Thompson, Former Special Education Teacher, Current Senior Marketing Manager, Microsoft Education

Building Workforce-Ready Cybersecurity Skills in the Classroom

Building Workforce-Ready Cybersecurity Skills in the Classroom

Presented by Ronald Adams, Experienced Educator, Instructional Leader, Cyber Intelligence Academy at Park Crossing High School, Montgomery Public Schools (AL); Rashad Robinson, Experienced Educator, Tech Coordinator and Cyber Teacher, Cyber Intelligence Academy at Park Crossing High School, Montgomery Public Schools (AL); and Jessica S. Tickle, Experienced Educator, Instructor, PLTW Engineering and Cybersecurity, Center for Academic Achievement, Shawnee Mission School District (KS)
Moderated by Derek Babb, Experienced Educator, Cyber Security Lecturer, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Leading and Sustaining Technology Innovations in Today’s School District Settings

Leading and Sustaining Technology Innovations in Today’s School District Settings

Presented by Dr. Teresa Brown, Superintendent, Madison Consolidated Schools (IN); Dr. Kelly May-Vollmar, Superintendent, Desert Sands Unified School District (CA); Dr. Nick Polyak, Superintendent, Leyden High School District 212 (IL); and Paula Maylahn, Education Industry Consultant, Project Director, CoSN (Consortium for School Networking)
Moderated by Ann McMullan, Project Director, CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative, CoSN (Consortium for School Networking)

Immersive Reality’s Role in the Future-Ready Classroom: Presence, Not Just Content

Immersive Reality’s Role in the Future-Ready Classroom: Presence, Not Just Content

Presented by Joseph DiLucente, Superintendent, East Allegheny School District (PA); Dr. Freedom Cheteni, Editor in Chief, The Superintendent’s Journal, and Superintendent and Board Member, The VR School, Stanford University; and Tom Davis, Advisory Board Member and Consultant, Center for Educational Innovation and Classroom of the Future Foundation

Leading Literacy Through Change: How District Leaders Sustain Momentum and Accelerate Outcomes

Leading Literacy Through Change: How District Leaders Sustain Momentum and Accelerate Outcomes

Presented by Dr. Terra Greenwell, Senior K-12 Advisor and Former Chief Academic Officer; Dr. Glenda Sheffield, Superintendent, Hampton County School District (SC); and Dr. Deann Collins, Chief of Staff, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) and Former Maryland Deputy State Superintendent
Moderated by Dr. Donna Wright, Retired School Superintendent/Education Consultant