Dennis Shirley is a scholar of educational change who helps schools around the world to improve teaching and learning. A dynamic keynote speaker, Dennis is best known for his skills in assisting educators in diverse environments to work together across disciplines and schools. He draws upon his extensive international experience to enable educators in any context to develop new practices using the most advanced research findings on school improvement.

He has two new books coming out in 2021, both co-authored with Andy Hargreaves. The first is entitled Student Engagement: Beyond Relevance, Technology, and Fun and is published by Solution Tree. The second is called Wellbeing and Socio-Emotional Learning: Building Back Better, and is published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).