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Patrice Bain, Ed.S. K–12 + university educator, speaker. Co-author of the U.S. Department of Education’s Guide: Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning and Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. Author of A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching, and the Powerful Classrooms: Evidence-informed Strategies and Resources. Illinois Teacher of the Year Finalist, Fulbright Scholar in Europe, featured in international podcasts, webinars, presentations and popular press, including NOVA and Scientific American. Bain contributed to the United Nations UNESCO International Science and Evidence-based Education Assessment, outlining the vision for world education by 2030.

Amber Haven is a dedicated educator with 16 years of classroom experience and a deep commitment to bringing the science of learning to life. After 14 years teaching 5th grade science and language arts - and one year in kindergarten - she now leads the 5th-8th grade STEM program at Columbia Middle School. Amber’s classroom practices are shaped by evidence-informed strategies: purposeful building of background knowledge, scaffolding content to grow experts from novices, guiding methods to instill executive functioning skills, consistent delivery using direct instruction, and the intentional use of retrieval, spacing, interleaving, and metacognition.

A three-time ResearchED presenter (New York, Delaware, and now Denver), Amber has also spoken at the Thriving Educators Summit and is featured in Powerful Classrooms by her co-presenter, Patrice Bain. She brings a practical, energized voice to the conversation around how research can transform everyday teaching.