CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The Learning Community has received the Rhode Island Foundation's 2013 Community Leadership Award.
Presented to one nonprofit each year, the award acknowledged, as the foundation's Daniel Kertzner said, the school's "creative approaches to collaboration, commitment to putting teachers and professional development at the heart of change, and vision to create opportunities for all children in Rhode Island."
Co-Directors Meg O'Leary and Sarah Friedman accepted the award on behalf of the school and its professional development lab, The Teaching Studio.
"It is so meaningful for our team to be recognized for community leadership," the directors said. "It is at the heart of our mission -- the hardest part of our mission -- going beyond ensuring our students have excellence in content to also having the competencies of leadership."