school district came together to collaborate on one issue and what we called it was a problem of praktsz, and the problem of practice that we decided to study was what did it mean to do citywide professional development for individuals who had the same vision but were going at it in different ways, and we took a good two years to look at how we could do things together, how we could leverage our strength instead of spending time talking about what divided us. we took that also to create a second group collaborative which was around assessing children which is really tricky and emotional for people with children from 0 -5 years of age, we were able to come together that whatever we decided to do around assessment, it would be culturally competent and open for review at different times as we went on with the process. i now am fortunate to be here for five years to work with some amazing in the city, first started with first five. i cannot imagine what the work would look like with the district if first five had not taken on that mantle with what the preschool for all looked like. what i am