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Fall Meeting Keynote Speaker

October 5–7, 2025
The Orleans Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV

Empowering Leaders for Education's Evolving Landscape

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Kevin Kumashiro

Dr. Kevin Kumashiro is an internationally recognized expert on educational policy, school reform, teacher preparation, and educational equity and justice, with a wide-ranging list of accomplishments and awards as a scholar, educator, leader, and advocate. He is the former Dean of the Schools of Education at the University of San Francisco and Hofstra University; the founding Chair of the national network, Education Deans for Justice and Equity; and the award-winning author or editor of ten books, including Bad Teacher!: How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture, Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning toward Social Justice, and most recently, Surrendered: Why Progressives are Losing the Biggest Battles in Education. His recent awards include the 2016 Social Justice in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling.