Developmental relationships really matter to adolescents now more than ever. So it is important for us to learn all we can about how adolescents' experiences with adults differ depending on who they are, where they are, and who the adults are.

The Search Institute has just released exciting new data on the intersection of developmental relationships, equitable environments, and social and emotional learning that we need to understand in order to address the hidden inequities in all of our learning environments – in school, in student support programs, and in youth programs. Karen Pittman recently spoke with Kent Pekel, President of the Search Institute, about how can we use this new evidence to accelerate progress towards upending inequities that stifle youth success.

Should we make the case for collecting more and better data about student experiences? Use the data to make inequities more visible to students and families? Use it to further motivate educators to check assumptions about what’s working?