Ted is uniquely qualified to help us reflect on emerging highly successful strategies to help our students. During the 2015-2016 school year, Dintersmith traveled to all fifty states, visiting 200 schools, and convening 1,000 meetings and forums. During this immersion into education across America, he met educators in ordinary circumstances doing extraordinary things, showing us what leads to powerful learning in classrooms, and how to empower our teachers to make it happen. His talk will convey the insights he gained from this immersion, and subsequent progress in schools, districts, and states.