Deeper Learning New York: Full Schedule

10:30am EDT

From Display to Disruption: Leading Change by Making Learning Public (Part 1 of 2) LIMITED

Tuesday July 15, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Making learning public is a transformative way to improve education in your community. This workshop dives into how educators and leaders can leverage public exhibitions to celebrate student learning, foster authentic engagement and drive continuous improvement. Through hands-on activities, collaborative planning, and reflective practices, participants will explore the profound impact showcasing student work to authentic audiences can have on a school community. Together, we’ll identify the essential conditions and strategies needed to create vibrant public exhibitions that inspire school wide innovation and honor the value of student voice.

Essential Questions:
How does making learning public enhance student’s quality of work in my community?
What strategies can school leaders implement to guide their community in creating vibrant, impactful public exhibitions that highlight and celebrate transformative student learning?

Speakers

Nikki Hinostro

Director, School Re-Design, High Tech High Graduate School of Education, Center for Love and Justice

Nikki was born and raised in San Diego where she was often found in one of 3 places: at school, on the soccer field, or at the Boys and Girls Club. She was taught how to love tenaciously and dance with spice by her Abuelita, how to listen and study every detail by her mother, how... Read More →

Dr. Kaleb

Creative Director | Frm CEO HTH, Center for Love and Justice | High Tech High Graduate School

YO!!! Let’s talk about how we reimagine learning—not just for better test scores, but for belonging, creativity, and human dignity. I’m drawn to conversations about liberatory education, youth-led innovation, systems transformation, and the creative practices that can shift... Read More →

Stacey Lopaz

Center for Love and Justice

I believe that projects are one of the most powerful levers we have for equity and deeper learning. Over the past 20+ years, I’ve worked as both a teacher and school leader, using project-based learning to build more just, engaging, and human-centered schools. For six of those years... Read More →

Shani Leader

Lead Designer, High Tech High Graduate School of Education, Center for Love and Justice

Tuesday July 15, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Room W214

DD 1

1:30pm EDT

From Display to Disruption: Leading Change by Making Learning Public (Part 2 of 2) LIMITED

Tuesday July 15, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT

Room W214

Making learning public is a transformative way to improve education in your community. This workshop dives into how educators and leaders can leverage public exhibitions to celebrate student learning, foster authentic engagement and drive continuous improvement. Through hands-on activities, collaborative planning, and reflective practices, participants will explore the profound impact showcasing student work to authentic audiences can have on a school community. Together, we’ll identify the essential conditions and strategies needed to create vibrant public exhibitions that inspire school wide innovation and honor the value of student voice.

Essential Questions:
How does making learning public enhance student’s quality of work in my community?
What strategies can school leaders implement to guide their community in creating vibrant, impactful public exhibitions that highlight and celebrate transformative student learning?

Speakers

Nikki Hinostro

Director, School Re-Design, High Tech High Graduate School of Education, Center for Love and Justice

Dr. Kaleb

Creative Director | Frm CEO HTH, Center for Love and Justice | High Tech High Graduate School

Stacey Lopaz

Center for Love and Justice

Shani Leader

Lead Designer, High Tech High Graduate School of Education, Center for Love and Justice

Tuesday July 15, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
Room W214

DD 1

9:30am EDT

Unlocking Student Genius: Career-Connected Learning for the Future Workforce

Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT

Room W214

Explore how New York’s evolving CTE vision—through NY Inspires, Portrait of a Graduate, and CTE for All—is reshaping the student experience. This Den Talk invites you to listen to the vision and ideas behind a future-focused, equity-centered approach that blends career-connected learning with social-emotional development—so learners can become employable, good people who align their talents, interests, and identity to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Speakers

Amy Cox

Peter Harris

Assistant Superintendent Career & Technical Education (CTE) and Alternative Education (HVPA & Phoenix Academy), Ulster BOCES

Talk to me about PTECH, leveraging partnerships, work place learning, global competency, narrative feedback and skills mapping.My goal is to help grow employable good humans.I focus on workplace learning skills and global competencies. We leverage partnerships to do this.Our program... Read More →

Torrance Hampton

Founder/CEO, Genius Factor Academy

Torrance Hampton is a seasoned executive producer, director, writer and author with a track record of developing successful consumer centric advertising campaigns for luxury, sports and lifestyle entertainment brands. As a Director, he’s worked with some of the world’s most influential... Read More →

Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Room W214

Den 1

10:30am EDT

1:30pm EDT

9:30am EDT

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