Our May session was led by Jeff Wetzler of Transcend, who will talk about the report "Dissatisfied Yet Optimistic: Moving Faster Toward New School Models," co-authored by Transcend, NewSchools Venture Fund, and Summit Public Schools. Their collective work to develop the report was guided by the question, “when it comes to improving schools, what should we be less patient about or perhaps more patient about?” The authors explain why better school models are necessary, and share a common vision and set of attributes for better school models based on their collective experience. In our session, Jeff discussed a detailed theory of change that reflects how the authors believe the development and spread of schools with their common set of attributes could be accelerated. He  also shared recommendations for different stakeholders—educators, students and families, funders, researchers, and policymakers—and commitments from the authors themselves.