This strategic plan provides the Department of Defense Education Activity's (DoDEA's) formal agenda for becoming one of the Nation's best unified school systems. Where Volume I establishes the enduring elements of the plan--DoDEA's mission and vision, core values, and strategic goals--Volume II provides the initial strategic way forward for achieving DoDEA's aspirations. The strategy introduced in this volume focuses DoDEA's school system in two priority areas--areas fundamentally vital to their ability to prepare each student for postsecondary study, a highly competitive workplace, and to participate as a well-informed citizen. As such, the priorities establish the requisite foundation for further organizational growth. The two strategic priority areas of focus are: (1) the development and implementation of a standards-based educational system that effectively aligns DoDEA's curriculum, instructional framework, and assessment system to DoDEA's more rigorous, college- and career-ready academic standards; and (2) the establishment of an organizational structure with the capacity to effectively manage, operate, and sustain a high-quality, worldwide, unified Pre-K-12 school system. [For "Community Strategic Plan, School Years 2013/14 - 2017/18. Volume I," see ED605261.]