Speakers

Santiago is involved in multiple efforts to liberate learning in school networks, districts, and education systems in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Scotland. As an educator and organiser, Santiago worked for over a decade to promote grassroots educational change initiatives in Mexican public schools serving historically marginalized communities. His academic work explores how effective pedagogies for deep learning can spread at scale. His most recent book is Liberating Learning: Educational Change as Social Movement. Santiago holds an Ed. M in International Education Policy and Ed. D on Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice from Harvard. He completed postdoctoral studies and was a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto with his wife and their two boys.

Julie Stern

Julie Stern is a four-time, bestselling author and named by John Hattie as his ‘go to person’ on learning transfer. With two decades experience facilitating adult learning, Julie teaches others how to become pattern seekers – recognising the deeper patterns of the world  – so that they can transfer their learning to be who they want to be and build the type of world they want to live in. She previously served as Director of Curriculum Innovation for a network of schools in Washington, DC. She is a James Madison Constitutional Scholar and taught social studies for many years. Julie currently lives in Brazil, and moves internationally every few years with her husband and her two children.