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Speakers

Speakers confirmed so far for the 2013 National Seminar include:

Keynote speakers:

• Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
• Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
  
• James Heckman, University of Chicago
• Sal Khan, Khan Academy
  
• Claude Steele, Stanford University

Other speakers

• Linda Darling-Hammond,  Stanford University
• Stephen Abbott, Great Schools Partnership
• Anthony Lising Antonio, Stanford University
  
• Stephanie Banchero, Wall Street Journal
• Sir Michael Barber, Pearson
  
• Eric Bettinger, Stanford University
  
• David Bornstein, The New York Times
• Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio
• Brandon Busteed, Gallup
• Sarah Carr, author
• Prudence Carter, Stanford University
• Kevin Chavous, American Federation for Children
  
• Anthony Cody, Living in Dialogue
  
• Jessica Cogan, SEO Scholars
  
• Richard Colvin, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
• Regina Corso, Harris Interactive
• Jennifer Davis, The National Center on Time and Learning
  
• Girlie Delacruz, University of California, Los Angeles
• Susan Ferriss, The Center for Public Integrity
  
• Lucy Friedman, The After-School Corporation
  
• Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley
• Patricia Gandara, UCLA
  
• Trevor Greene, Toppenish High School
  
• Pamela Grossman, Stanford University
• Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
  
• Douglas Harris, Tulane University
  
• Jeffrey Henig, Columbia University
• Joan Herman, University of California Los Angeles
  
• Ben Herold, WHYY/Philadelphia Public School Notebook
• Bill Jackson, Great Schools
• David Jackson, Chicago Tribune
• Shane Jimerson, University  of California, Santa Barbara
• Michael John, Glasslabs
• Nate Johnson, HCM Strategies
• Stan Jones, Complete College America
• Robert Kelchen, University of Wisconsin
• Karen Kipple, Carnegie Foundation
• David Kirp, University of California, Berkeley
• Daphne Koller, Stanford University/Coursera
• Susanna Loeb, Stanford University
• Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
• Gary Marx, Chicago Tribune
• John Merrow, Learning Matters
• Chris Minnich, Council of Chief State School Officers
  
• John Mitchell, Stanford University
  
• Jim Pellegrino, University of Illinois-Chicago
  
• Michael Petrilli, Fordham Institute
• Justin Pope, Associated Press
• John Pryor, University of California, Los Angeles
  
• Macke Raymond, Stanford University
  
• Sean Reardon, Stanford University
• Zakia Redd, Child Trends
• Cathy Sandeen, American Council on Education
• Tim Sandoval, Bright Prospect
  
• Sterling Speirn, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• David Steele, Hillsborough County, Fla., School District
• Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Connecticut Mirror
• Mark Triplett, Urban Promise Academy
• Peg Tyre, author
• Nicole Veltze, North High School 
• Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers
  
• Martin West, Harvard University
• Richard Whitmire, author
  
• Gabi Zolla, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
  

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