This Educational Leadership Portfolio (ELP) investigates how university staff can contribute to high-quality professional learning in K-12 public schools. The current shortcomings of most professional learning are well documented in research and policy, and in the lived experiences of teachers and administrators. There is an urgent need to…

The Urban Development Component at Research for Better Schools, Inc., attempted to attack problems facing urban secondary schools in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by using the "natural channels" of educational and civic associations to disseminate research and development information and to work collaboratively toward improving…