We need more leaders focused on ensuring students have opportunities to learn—and young people must be at the table and in the conversation.

Healthy, developmental relationships with adults is a crucial opportunity for learning that should be embedded in planning, measurement and accountability systems, and human capital strategy.

Let’s face it, school improvement needs a makeover. It’s not enough to identify schools badly in need of change. We need to help them get better.

In Rhode Island, we are embedding the OTL principles into our Strategic Plan for Public Education. The OTL principles will serve as the umbrella for long-term success...

As state board of education leaders, we’re working to adopt new definitions of success and eliminate barriers to innovation.