Henry Hipps, Deputy Director K-12 Education, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined by Dr. Howard Fuller, Founder & Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning; Co-Founder, The Malcolm X Liberation University; Civil Rights Activist, Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines, President, Common Ground Foundation; Chicago Public Schools Board of Education, Phyllis Lockett, CEO, LEAP Innovations and Dr. Michael Sorrell, President, Paul Quinn College