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Hall Davidson, Senior Director of
Global Learning Initiatives,
Discovery Education, sported
Google glasses as he discussed
the need for educators to adapt to
digital-age technologies.
Jon Gordon, author of “The
Energy Bus: Drive your School
District with Optimism, Passion,
and Purpose,” talked about the
best leaders being “lifelong
learners.”
Suhail Farooqui, Founder and CEO of K12
Insight, discussed battling not only budget
deficits in public education, but deficits in
public trust, which can be even more
destructive.
Rafe Esquith, an award-winning teacher at
Hobart Boulevard Elementary School in Lost
Angeles, talked about what it takes to
effectively connect in the classroom with
children who face all types of obstacles.
Conference Candids