The National Education Association's Mastery-in-Learning Project (MILP) seeks to empower students and teachers to become agents of democratic reform within the schools. It provides teachers and students with the necessary time, resources, skills, and motivation to restructure their schools into self-renewing centers of inquiry. Twenty-seven MILP schools are participating in the Project. As a first step in implementing the Project, two initiating procedures were followed: the School Profile and the Faculty Inventory. The School Profile describes the school on the day the Project started, focusing on teachers and teaching, students and learning, curriculum, and school/faculty. The Faculty Inventory was conducted to help the faculty identify goals, establish priorities, and develop a greater sense of collegiality. Support for the Project is provided by a site-based consultant and regional research laboratories and centers. The Teaching Resources and Knowledge Base (TRaK) provides faculty with resources needed to achieve reform objectives. Selected insights into the program's progress are presented from the viewpoints of the Project central staff and one MILP school. Appendixes provide more detailed information on Project concepts. (JD)