In this issue, Success in High-Need Schools features innovations in improving preparation of teachers for high-need schools with a focus on matters such as clinical practice, teacher and principal leadership, parent involvement, and support groups to help increase teacher retention. The articles in this issue describe how evaluation and assessment are becoming powerful tools in developing evidence-based best practices and how the expansion of college-school partnerships are helping to improve teacher preparation and retention and student learning outcomes. These advances owe much to the collaboration and sharing that ACI's Center for Success in High-Need Schools fosters through grant-funded projects, workshops, conferences, and monthly meetings of ACI members and school partners.
