K-12 Education

As you prepare for your October National Bullying Prevention Month event, consider some of our leading speakers on the topic. Believers that bullying must be stopped at its roots, these experts emphasize the crucial importance of social emotional learning to help children successfully navigate the environment around them.

As 2018 marks 50 years since the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the National Civil Rights Museum recently hosted an #MLK50 event honoring the late civil rights leader. APB speakers Clarence B. Jones, Diane Nash, John B. King and Julianne Malveaux all attended the event and gave speeches about King’s contributions, as well as their own involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

Best-selling thriller author and APB speaker Brad Meltzer is back with another novel exploring US army conspiracy theory. Debuting at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller List, The Escape Artist follows main characters Zig and Nola on their journey to reveal a “sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying.”

In his recent op-ed for The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and APB speaker Nicholas Kristof addressed the school shooting in Florida—an event he described as heartbreaking and, even worse, predictable.

“One of the most inspiring speakers I’ve had the opportunity to hear.”-Attendee | APB speaker and author of A Chance in the World Steve Pemberton has been inspiring audiences for years with his passionate approach to child welfare and education. Recently, he spoke to educators at the annual conference for the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

"Completely inspired by the talk." "He's a real superhero!" "Standing ovation...the room is buzzing with energy!" These are only some of the audience reactions from one of Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa's recent events. Widely known as Dr. Q, he took to the stage to inspire a room packed with over 3,500 students from all different backgrounds, aspiring to work in STEM fields. His words of wisdom not only motivated them to follow their dreams, but also to promote change and transformation within their own communities.

If there's one blog you should be reading, Diane Ravitch's is it. Known as the nation's leading champion for public education, Ravitch uses her platform to discuss better education for all. Having surpassed 30 million hits, her blog is a primary destination for educators, widely followed for its timely, relevant posts that continue to elevate the dialogue on our nation's school systems.

After six decades covering every major event and every living president since Eisenhower, venerated journalist and APB speaker Dan Rather writes, “I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.” His new book of original essays, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism takes on the toxic political atmosphere and polarized opinions of our times with a hopeful reminder of the core ideals that all Americans share.

APB speaker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court. The book, written especially for young readers, chronicles how Abdul-Jabbar overcame a childhood made difficult by racism and prejudice to become a basketball legend and icon.

As featured opening and closing speakers at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago this week, APB’s Anand Giridharadas and Eric Liu inspired audiences with their visions of the American Dream, democracy and creating change.