In the portraits of this collection, school- and university-based educators document their efforts to establish and sustain secondary partner schools that accomplish four purposes: educating children and youth; preparing new educators; providing professional development to current educators; and conducting inquiry. The 12 papers are as follows: "A Partnership of Possibilities: Aiken High School and Miami University" (William Kreuzmann); "The Dreher Story: An Evolving Partnership" (Laurie Brinker, Larry Winecoff, and Francie Markham); "Portrait of a Partnership: Dumont High School and Montclair State University" (Jeffrey Sheetz); "Experiencing the Promise of Simultaneous Renewal: A Portrait of Madeira Junior/Senior High School" (D.J. Hammond, Robert Larbes, and Bernard J. Badiali); "Portrait of the Northglenn High School/University of Colorado at Denver Partnership" (Deborah Arrowsmith and Rich Schweissing); "Secondary Partner School Portrait: Orem High School" (John Childs, John Gardner, Bus Gillespie, Merrell Hansen, Tina Howard, and Nancy Wentworth); "Parkway South High School/Maryville University. A Year of Ripples and Waves: Expanding and Extending the Partnership" (Kathe Rasch, Ron Banfield, Nancy Williams, Mary Ellen Finch, Craig Larson, Wayne Mosher, and Linda Pitelka); "Provo High School Portrait in Partnership with Brigham Young University" (Patti Harrington); "A Portrait of the Partnership Between Richland Northeast High School and Columbia College" (Lucy Snead); "The Rocky Mountain High School/Colorado State University PDS: A Way of Being" (Cori Mantle-Bromley); "Roosevelt High School Portrait of a Partnership with Harris-Stowe State College and Maryville University" (Nancy Williams); and "Initiating a Secondary Professional Development School: The Westfield High School/Texas A&M University Partnership" (William H. Peters). (SM)