Learning Forward has launched a free web-based professional learning guide using excerpts from the award-winning PBS documentary, The Principal Story, to illustrate five key practices of effective principals. The Principal Story is a one-hour film portraying the challenges principals face in turning around low-performing public schools and raising student achievement. The film focuses on two principals: Tresa Dunbar, a Chicago elementary school principal, and Kerry Purcell, an elementary school principal in Springfield, Ill. The Principal Story Learning Guide, geared toward those who prepare and develop aspiring or current school leaders as well as for educators working to improve their own practice, takes learners through a progression of directed experiences using a mix of film clips and activities. The learning guide is divided into five units,