MARCH 25 & 26, 2024
@ Beaver Country Day School
Chestnut Hill, MA
FF2024 Speaker Lineup
Click here to see scheduled sessions, panels, and talks with our Featured Speakers
DR. YONG ZHAO
Keynote Speaker
Recognized as one of the most influential education scholars in the world, Dr. Yong Zhao is currently a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne in Australia. He has published over 100 articles and nearly 40 books and has also worked with numerous schools to design new models of education within the existing school.
ZARETTA HAMMOND
Keynote Speaker
An influential curriculum designer and trainer, Zaretta Hammond works with schools on issues of equity, literacy, and culturally responsive instruction. A former teacher and college writing instructor, she is the author of the renowned book, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, which positions culturally responsive teaching as a method for honing cognitive capacity in students and supporting independent learning and agency.
SABA GHOLE
Architectural/urban designer turned education and technology entrepreneur who is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of NuVu Studio.
JENNIFER D. KLEIN
CEO of Principled Learning Strategies, and the Author of The Global Education Guidebook and The Landscape Model of Learning
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AFUA BRUCE
Principal, ANB Advisory Group, and author of the book The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World
DR. RODNEY GLASGOW
Innovative educational leader, published author, renowned keynote speaker, diversity practitioner, and current Head of School at Sandy Spring Friends School.
MEIRA LEVINSON
Normative political philosopher at Harvard GSE who works at the intersection of civic education, youth empowerment, racial justice, and educational ethics.
MIRKO CHARDIN
Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at Novak Education; previously the Founding Head of School of the Putnam Avenue Upper School in Cambridge, MA
MARGA BILLER
Project Manager at Harvard University’s Learning Innovations Laboratory, whose focus is on developing learning strategies that help organizations align their development initiatives with their business challenges.
MEG BOLGER
Captain of Facilitator Cards, co-author of Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation, co-creator of The Safe Zone Project, and many other resources for facilitators and social justice educators.
DR. JILL WALSH
Researcher & lecturer at Boston University, who examines the way social media, and the need to document the self online, has altered the paths to adolescent development.
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NATHAN STRENGE
Senior Learning Designer at Fielding International, USA Country Lead at HundrED, and an active member of Education Reimagine’s Learning Lab