Featured Speakers —
Preliminary list of confirmed presenters:
Successful Practices Network
Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive Director
Special Education Institute
Dr. G. Thomas Houlihan, Executive Director
Education Leadership Institute
Dr. Ronald Ferguson, Lecturer/Senior Research Associate
Harvard University
Honorable Raymond Simon, Deputy Secretary
US Department of Education
Dr. Mel Riddile, 2005 National Principal of the Year
Kimberly Oliver, 2006 National Teacher of the Year
Evelyn Arroyo, Founder
A+RISE Research-based Instructional Strategies for ELLS
Dr. Russell J. Quaglia, President and Founder
Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations
Dr. James Causby, Executive Director
North Carolina School Superintendents Association
Dr. Sam Houston, President and CEO
North Carolina Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center and Lois Adams-Rogers, Deputy Executive Director, CCSSO
Louis Martinez, Executive Director Secondary Education
Ysleta Independent School System
Malbert Smith, President
MetaMetrics
Vivien Stewart, Vice President
Asia Society
Bernie Trilling, Senior Director
Oracle Education Foundation
Dr. Steven Seleznow, Program Director-Education
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carl Walz, NASA Astronaut