(Prereq: EDAD 701, EDAD 786, and EDAD 789 or Admission to the Ph.D. in Education or permission of the instructor) Course advances the proposition that the action research approach is a useful paradigm for school district improvements. After learning about action research methodologies, students collaborate with a district level educational leader who works with the student identifying a topic for action research. The student may use the action research topic to build an action plan addressing the issue for implementation in EDAD 795 - District Level Internship II (3 credits). S.