Dr Helen Walls

Dr Helen Walls is a professional learning facilitator and educational researcher, with twenty years’ experience working in schools. She is committed to raising achievement in writing by sharing evidence-based, practical methods that will engage every student. Helen is Managing Director of The Writing Teacher – a consultancy which provides writing workshops and resources for teachers, […]

Professor Brigid McNeill

Brigid McNeill is a Professor of Education and Dean of Postgraduate Research at the University of Canterbury. She is an internationally recognised researcher in literacy education, with a focus on designing and evaluating evidence-based approaches that can be successfully implemented at scale. Professor McNeill works at the intersection of research, policy, and classroom practice, supporting […]

Associate Professor Tanya Evans

Tanya Evans is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau. Her research spans mathematics education, cognitive science, and educational psychology, with a focus on mathematical cognition and its relationship with psychosocial factors. She has experience teaching at the intermediate and secondary level and has taught mathematics at […]

Dr. Nina Hood

Nina is the founder of The Education Hub, a not-for-profit with a mission to bridge the gap between research and practice in education, and co-founder of The Teachers’ Institute, which trains primary and secondary school teachers. She conducts research on a range of topical issues affecting school level education in New Zealand including literacy, curriculum […]

Tom Bennett

Tom Bennett is the UK Department for Education’s School Behaviour advisor. He is also the founder of researchED, an international research advocacy non-profit for educators that seeks to raise research literacy in education and slay edu-myths. He is the author of the best-selling Running the Room.

Prof. Pamela Snow

Distinguished Professor Pamela Snow is Co-Director of the Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab in the School of Education at La Trobe University. Her research focuses on language, literacy, and learning. She advocates for evidence-based reading instruction and bridges research, policy, and practice to improve educational outcomes for all children, by promoting high teacher […]