Making Your School Something Special

Rushton Hurley was raised in Texas, Singapore, and Arkansas (in that order), and has worked and studied on three continents as a high school Japanese language teacher, principal of an online school, teacher trainer, and motivational speaker. He founded and is executive director of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. Additionally, Rushton is the Global Projects Lead at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College in Los Altos, California. He holds masters degrees in Education and East Asian Studies from Stanford University. Rushton regularly keynotes at national and international conferences, and has trained and worked with educators and other professionals around the world. His fun and thoughtful talks center on inspiration and creativity, avenues for engaging learning, the power of digital media and tools for collaboration, and personal and professional perspectives in a technology-infused, every-changing world. His first book, Making Your School Something Special, was released in January, 2017. Rushton also cleans up after cats, juggles, and considers himself to have married up.