Businesses may provide schools with financial support and materials or with consultants and professional trainers in decisionmaking, planning, and teamwork. Such partnerships often increase understanding between the business community and the schools, resulting in greater support for the schools.
Henry Gradillas, principal of Garfield High School in Los Angeles, California,
encourages principals to build support systems around students involving partnerships
with parents and the business community. Excerpted from a principals' panel
presentation at NCREL's Academy for Urban School Leaders in July 1992. (Audio
comment, 159k) A text transcript is available.