Join Us at the 2026 Making Schools Work Conference

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Join Us at the 2026 Making Schools Work Conference

Join us in Nashville, Tennessee, July 14-17, 2026, for an unforgettable professional development event and share your strategies, struggles and successes during four days of learning, collaborating and networking.

We offer hundreds of sessions on topics from CTE, math and literacy to addressing the effects of poverty and trauma and ensuring equitable access to quality instruction.

Take home actionable strategies to advance your K-12 school improvement efforts and raise student achievement.

We are currently updating our website from the 2025 conference and will be adding new information about the 2026 conference shortly. We will continue to update the site as we have more information to share. Make sure to bookmark this page to ensure you don’t miss a thing!

Who Attends?

Conference attendee breakdown infographic

The Making Schools Work Conference has sessions for everyone in education. Here is a breakdown of our past attendees:

Title

Attendance

Makeup

School/CTE Administrator 28%
Academic Teacher 25%
Other 14%
CTE Teacher 9%
District Administrator  9%
Instructional Coach 6%
Counselor 4%
State Administrator 1%