Innovative Educator & Academic Debate Leader; Founder & CEO at The Veritas Schools; Author of "Miseducated"; Harvard University Faculty Member
Brandon P. Fleming Biography
Brandon P. Fleming is the subject of the book, stage play, and forthcoming television and film biopic called "Miseducated." Over the past decade, Fleming has emerged as one of the most awarded and sought-after educators and transformational speakers in the world. His miraculous journey has been featured by Forbes, CNN, "Good Morning America," and dozens of other global outlets for one reason: Fleming embodies what it means to drive performance, build resilient cultures, and unlock human potential. Rising from a drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard debate coach, he has become a case study in personal reinvention, organizational excellence, and scalable impact.
By 26, Fleming became one of the youngest educators to be recruited as a debate coach at Harvard University. By 28, he was one of the youngest to address the world on a global stage at the United Nations. By 29, he made the Forbes list and The Root Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential African Americans in the United States. Today, he is Founder & CEO of The Veritas Schools, a prestigious network of independent schools headquartered in Atlanta with campuses in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
Fleming is an award-winning author, and a keynote speaker for companies seeking to cultivate future-ready talent and high-performance teams. He has keynoted and trained leaders at the nation’s most influential corporations, including Airbnb, Bank of America, KPMG, Walmart, McDonald’s, and JPMorgan Chase. Companies turn to Fleming to learn the methodology behind his unprecedented track record: the ability to identify hidden potential, build inclusive and psychologically safe environments, strengthen leadership pipelines, and engineer cultures where people thrive.
Fleming’s work became a national phenomenon after he started a school with a group of perceived underdogs and transformed them into academic champions at the Harvard Debate Council in Cambridge, MA. He shocked the nation when he took a group of untrained students from mostly under-resourced schools in Atlanta and promised to prepare them for a global debate competition against elite debaters from over 25 countries worldwide–a seemingly impossible feat. He single-handedly trained them for only one year, accelerating their performance to such a degree that the group dominated and won the competition at the Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops, breaking national headlines. Then, the next year, he did it again with a different group. And again with a third, and a fourth, and a fifth, sixth, and seventh. For seven consecutive years, Fleming’s students outperformed thousands across the globe as seven-time consecutive champions. Fleming’s repeatable formula for talent acceleration has since been shared with hundreds of thousands of leaders worldwide as a framework for driving breakthrough performance.
As a businessman, Fleming has grown Veritas into a rapidly scaling multi-market enterprise that has secured investments from notable companies, including The Coca-Cola Company, UPS, Chick-fil-A, and Steve Harvey, among others. Veritas is redefining the future of learning, leadership, and workforce development. His insights help companies accelerate talent, strengthen their culture, build adaptable teams, and build talent pipelines for long-term success.
Brandon P. Fleming Speaking Topics
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Teaching in the Age of AI: Turning a Powerful Tool into Deeper Learning
Artificial intelligence is already changing how students learn and how teachers work. The question for school districts is how to use it with purpose: to strengthen instruction, build student thinking, and give educators more time for the work only they can do.
In this engaging, practice-focused session, award-winning educator Brandon P. Fleming shares how The Veritas Schools is using AI to support teaching and amplify learning. Educators will explore ways to use AI as a planning partner, literacy coach, source of formative feedback, and tool for differentiation, while teaching students to question its output, defend their reasoning, and produce work that is genuinely their own. Through real classroom examples and immediately usable strategies, participants will leave with a framework for integrating AI into instruction without sacrificing academic rigor, student voice, or the relationships at the heart of great teaching.
Participants will be able to:
- Design AI-supported lessons that strengthen critical thinking, literacy, and student engagement.
- Use AI to differentiate instruction and provide more timely, actionable feedback.
- Identify appropriate uses of AI for planning, assessment, and teacher workflow.
- Set clear expectations for student AI use, academic integrity, and responsible practice.
- Apply at least one classroom-ready strategy to their next lesson or unit.
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The Science of Student Success: Innovative Pedagogy, Policies & Practices That Will Transform Your School Tomorrow
As Brandon P. Fleming’s bestselling book, "Miseducated," marks its five-year anniversary, we are not only celebrating its development into a major theatre production and optioned for television and film, but we are proud to announce that his second project is underway with a dynamic new keynote topic to share with educators around the world.
For over a decade, Fleming’s work has redefined what is possible for students often labeled as academic underdogs, transforming them into global champions. Along the way, hundreds of thousands of educators have asked the same question: What is his secret sauce? Now, for the first time, he is sharing it in a way that educators everywhere can implement.
While his original keynote inspired audiences with the “why” behind his journey, this new keynote delivers the “how.” Fleming pulls back the curtain on the award-winning educational model he built, revealing the strategies that drive real results in classrooms.
In this keynote, Fleming uses immersive illustrations to introduce his signature scientific framework called The 70/30 Rule, along with 10 high-impact strategies educators can implement immediately to increase engagement, elevate rigor, and create transformative learning environments. Rooted in extensive research, experiential learning, and practical application, these tools are designed to build cultures where students do more than succeed. They thrive.
Educators will leave not just inspired, but equipped with actionable strategies they can implement the very next day, joining thousands around the world who are already using these methods to drive measurable student success.
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Brandon P. Fleming is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Teaching in the Age of AI: Turning a Powerful Tool into Deeper Learning, The Science of Student Success: Innovative Pedagogy, Policies & Practices That Will Transform Your School Tomorrow and Unlocking Human Potential: Proven Strategies for Building the People Who Build the Business. The estimated speaking fee range to book Brandon P. Fleming for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Brandon P. Fleming generally travels from Atlanta, GA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Liz Dozier, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Keith L. Brown, Chloe Hakim-Moore and Dr. Michael Time. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Brandon P. Fleming for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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