Sam Seidel is the author of Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education (Rowman & Littlefield), a co-launcher of #HipHopEd on Twitter (Tuesdays at 9pm Eastern), and the Director of K12 Strategy and Research at the Stanford d.school. Sam speaks internationally about innovative solutions to challenges facing schools, community organizations, and prisons. He is a passionate and experienced leader in education transformation. Sam has taught in a variety of settings from first grade to community college. He has built and directed programs for young people affected by incarceration. As a consultant, Sam worked with leading national education organizations, including the Black Alliance for Educational Options, Big Picture Learning, and Jobs for the Future, as well as a spectrum of other clients on a diverse set of projects, ranging from redesigning a statewide juvenile justice system to working with the Rockefeller family to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws. Sam was the Director of Partnerships, Annual Reviews, and Student Leadership for the Association for High School Innovation, a national network of school developers and replicators funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Sam graduated from Brown University with a degree in Education and a teaching certification. He was a Scholar-in-Residence at Columbia University’s Institute for Urban and Minority Education, and a Community Fellow at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is always learning.