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The South Carolina Education Association-District 8 Director

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Charlene N. Herring

Chief Academic Officer, Richland School District Two

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Milken National Educator Award Recipient

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Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

Author of A Framework for Understanding Poverty

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Inez Tenenbaum

South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, 1998-2006