Past Conferences

ELC 2024 | REDEFINING RESILIENCE

Highlights of our 14th Education Leadership Conference included:

The ELC Expo, featuring over 8 organizations
9 panel sessions with 35+ speakers featuring education leaders across the country
Keynote addresses from:
- Robert Runcie, CEO of Chiefs for Change
- Randi Weingarten, President of AFT

ELC 2020 | Building Community Centered Systems (Cancelled Due to Covid-19)

ELC 2019 | never standing still: Leading through Uncertainty

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Highlights of our 13th annual Education Leadership Conference included:

The ELC Expo, featuring over 20 organizations
Thursday evening opening panel on Whole Child Education Research and Practice hosted by Dr. Brooke Stafford-Brizard of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Keynote addresses from:
- Dr. Andres Alonso, Professor of Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Former CEO of Baltimore City Schools
- Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO, Teach for America
- Julia Keleher, Former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education
13 panel sessions with 50+ speakers, featuring education leaders across the country.

ELC 2018 | fOSTERING AN eCOSYstem for Change

Highlights of our 12th annual Education Leadership Conference included:

The ELC Expo, featuring over 20 organizations
Keynote addresses from John King, President and CEO of the Education Trust and former U.S. Secretary of Education
14 panel and workshop sessions with 70+ speakers, featuring top educators and education reformers across the country (Read more about our sessions here)
The 2018 Lynn-Hall Teacher Action Research Prize winner and runners-up:
- First place - Carolyn Streets: Don’t Just Memorize. Achieve Mastery
- Second place - Alicia Serafin: Explicit Instruction of Two Graphic Organizers to Improve ELs’ Reading Comprehension
- Third place - Brad Lewis: Collaboration in Chemistry: Using Daily Discussion to Increase Student Understanding

ELC 2017 | Education as Empowerment

Highlights of our 11th annual Education Leadership Conference included:

The ELC Expo, featuring over 30 organizations
The Ed Tech Lab, featuring 7 education technology companies
Keynote addresses from Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of the Pahara Institute, and Derrell Bradford, Executive Vice President of 50CAN
19 panel and workshop sessions with 80+ speakers, featuring top educators and education reformers across the country (Read more about our sessions here)
Booth-Yale Education Plan Competition winner: Nimble
The 2017 Lynn-Hall Teacher Action Research Prize winner and runners-up:Brian Sites, David Weinreb, and Julia Di Capua

ELC 2016 | DEFINING SUCCESS: UNDERSTANDING OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR STUDENTS

Highlights of our 10th annual Education Leadership Conference included:

The ELC Expo, featuring over 30 organizations.
The Ed Tech Lab, featuring 9 education technology companies.
Keynote addresses from Shavar Jeffries, Sandra Abrevaya and Sondra Samuels
Teacher Leadership Professional Development- workshop provided leaders effective techniques to observe and provide feedback to teachers
17 panel and workshop sessions - Read about the various sessions here
Booth-Yale Education Business Plan Competition winner, brEDcrumb
The 2016 Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize winner and runner-up, Duncan Scherer, Stacie Lorraine and John Holyoke

ELC 2015 | Back to Why: Education at its Core

Highlights of our 9th annual Education Leadership Conference included:

Over 800 attendees, including expert panelists and industry leaders from across the country.
The ELC Expo, featuring over 30 organizations.
The Ed Tech Lab, featuring 9 education technology companies.
Keynote addresses from Howard Fuller, Kalimah Priforce, Sarah Kay, and Clint Smith
20 panel and workshop sessions - Read about the various sessions here
The 2015 Education Business Plan Competition winner, Makeda Rickets of PinkThink.
The 2015 Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize winner and runner-up, John Sharkey and Rory Dippold.

ELC 2014 | Reframe, Reimagine, Reignite

Our 8th Education Leadership Conference challenged educators to REFRAME what progress means for education, REIMAGINE the steps we can take together, and REIGNITE the movement toward a better future. Highlights included: