Ben Cronkright currently leads partnerships within the Regional Education Laboratory in the Pacific region as well as the Region 11 Comprehensive Center. He has worked directly with stakeholders at all levels of the education system, including board of education members, state education agency staff, state and complex area superintendents, and school-level staff. Ben has provided researchbased insights in understandable and meaningful ways on a variety of topics, including college and career readiness, family and community engagement, school leadership, teacher effectiveness, and systems improvement. He is the project lead for Accomplishing Effective and Durable Change to Reduce Student Achievement Gaps in North Dakota Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) Schools.