This book focuses on the how-to of developing Professional Development Schools (PDSs) without external funding, challenges of developing such partnerships, and benefits of PDSs to schools and universities. The nine chapters are: (1) "Creating a New Institution" (Nate Essex, Vivian Gunn Morris, Marty M. Harrison, and Fred Johnson); (2) "From Paradigm into Action" (Lucindia Chance, Deborah Riley, Lirah Sabir, and Lillian Whitney); (3) A Reflective Mentoring Model" (Dennie L. Smith); (4) "University Liaisons: Professors Who Come to Stay" (Vivian Gunn Morris, Satomi Izumi Taylor, Marty M. Harrison, and Rebecca Wasson); (5) "Roles and Responsibilities of Participants in Professional Development Schools" (Robert C. Kleinsasser, Mary Jo Bird, and Jean Marie Warne); (6) "A Consensus-Building Model for School Improvement" (Thomas Rakes, Lucindia Chance, Bonnie Cummings, Jane Trace, Nancy Harris, and Sondra Chism); (7) "Teacher Empowerment: How Does it Emerge?" (Vivian Gunn Morris, John Nunnery, Satomi Izumi Taylor, Janie Knight, and Pat Brooks); (8) The Role of Evaluation" (Mary Lee Hall, Lucindia Chance, and Tom Rakes); and (9) "Cultural Changes at the School and University" (Vivian Gunn Morris, Marty M. Harrison, Judith N. Byrd, and Dorothy Robinson). (Individual papers contain references.) (SM)