"The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success: A 2020 Action Agenda for Advancing the Arts in Education" is a blueprint for systemic change and collective action. This Action Agenda outlines a set of goals and strategies by which the arts and education community can collectively respond to and inform high-priority areas of action needed to effectively address educational inequalities, and level the playing field for academic achievement and student success. The report also identifies four state level priority areas in which arts and education leaders can situate their work: (1) Raise Student Achievement and Success; (2) Support Effective Educators and School Leaders (3) Transform the Teaching and Learning Environment; and (4) Build Leadership Capacity and Knowledge.