Keys to collaboration: What it takes to move toward collective responsibility. By Tracy Crow Having professional learning communities on the schedule doesn’t always fulfill teachers’ collaboration needs. How can schools and systems create structures and supports so educators engage in the kinds of collaborative problem solving and intentional learning that they value? Here are several critical factors in supporting meaningful collaboration for lead learners to consider. Talk that teaches: How to promote professional dialogue and growth. By Lynsey Gibbons and Melinda Knapp What types of talk promote teachers’ professional growth? In two vignettes, 4th-grade teachers and instructional leaders examine student work and observe classroom instruction. These learning designs encourage teachers to talk in ways that develop a shared understanding of teaching, which is instrumental to