After serving as a teacher and administrator at both the elementary and secondary levels, and then at the district office, Tom now serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools?, a project of All4Ed, located in Washington, D.C. He has testified before the United States Congress and has previously worked alongside that body and the US Senate, the White House, the US Department of Education and state departments of education, and school districts throughout the country to implement student-centered learning. Murray serves as a regular conference keynote, and has previously been named one of the "Top 100 Influencers in Education by DA Magazine,"“20 to Watch” by NSBA, the “National/Global EdTech Leader of the Year”, the “Education Thought Leader of the Year”, and the “Education Policy Person of the Year” by the Academy of Arts and Sciences. His best-selling book, Learning Transformed, was released in 2017 with ASCD, and his most recent best-seller, Personal & Authentic, was released in 2019. Connect with him at thomascmurray.com.