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Powerful Conversations About the Future of Education

Dominque Burgess is a nationally recognized education entrepreneur, speaker, policy advocate, and school design strategist. She brings a rare combination of classroom experience, founder experience, systems leadership, and policy insight to conversations about the future of learning.

Her presentations are honest, energizing, practical, and grounded in the lived realities of building innovative education models.

Dominque Burgess speaking on stage about scalable, transformational, permissionless education models
Where She's Spoken

Featured Speaking Experience

SXSW EDU Cato Institute VelaCon National Alliance of Black School Educators School Choice & Education Innovation Events Microschool & Entrepreneurship Convenings Policy Discussions & Panels Founder Workshops Education Leadership Events
Dominque Burgess on the panel stage at SXSW EDU 2024
SXSW EDU 2024 — Panel Discussion
Dominque Burgess at the 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist Showcase at Forbes on Fifth, New York City
2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist Showcase — Forbes on Fifth, NYC
Dominque Burgess speaking on a panel at the John Locke Foundation
John Locke Foundation — Panel & Q&A
Dominque Burgess featured as a panelist at the NABSE 52nd Annual International Conference
NABSE 52nd Annual International Conference — Atlanta, GA
Dominque Burgess presenting alongside a colleague at an education innovation event
Founder Panel — Expanding Access to Innovative Learning
Dominque Burgess speaking on a panel at SXSW EDU 2024
SXSW EDU 2024 — Featured Session
Dominque Burgess at the Black Minds Matter national conference
Black Minds Matter — National Conference

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Signature Topics

Signature Speaking Topics

01

Building the Schools Families Are Asking For

How education entrepreneurs can design responsive, personalized, community-centered learning models.

02

From Educator to Education Entrepreneur

How educators can turn their experience, insight, and ideas into sustainable schools, organizations, programs, and ventures.

03

The Future of Microschooling

What microschools reveal about personalization, innovation, access, policy, and the future of public and private education.

04

When Innovation Meets Regulation

Lessons from navigating zoning, facilities, funding, compliance, and policy while building a nontraditional school model.

05

Public Microschools and District Innovation

How public education systems can create smaller, more personalized, community-based learning environments.

06

Designing Schools for Neurodivergent Learners

How schools can move beyond compliance to create affirming, personalized, strengths-based learning environments.

07

Turning Setbacks Into Scalable Strategy

How founders can use difficult organizational experiences to refine their model, strengthen their leadership, and identify new pathways for impact.

08

Education Entrepreneurship as a Career Path

How educators can build careers, programs, products, organizations, and policy solutions beyond traditional school roles.

09

The 21st-Century Teacher

How teacher preparation must evolve to include entrepreneurship, technology, personalization, facilitation, innovation, and community leadership.

10

AI, Personalization, and the Future of Learning

How artificial intelligence can support personalized learning without replacing relationships, human judgment, educators, or community.

Formats

Speaking Formats

Keynote Addresses Conference Sessions Panel Discussions Fireside Chats Workshops Leadership Retreats University Lectures Virtual Presentations Podcast Interviews Media Commentary Moderation & Facilitation
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