It’s 9:40 a.m. and walking into Room 102 at Fox Chapel Area High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., is like stepping onto a professional learning carousel. The room is a swirl of activities, discussions, and projects. One teacher sits in the back, poring over student exit slips from that morning’s Algebra II class to see if students understand the concept of solving linear equations. At a nearby table, two teachers are learning to transfer video shot that day from the digital camcorder to their computer to use for peers to see their teaching techniques for discus- sion. Another group is meeting in the back of the room with a department chairperson, talking about their progress and sharing results from their individual action research projects. The school’s