Men and women who've done it - or tried to - talk about daily priorities and essential traits and skills for putting schools on the path to success. Prepared for The Wallace Foundation by Public Agenda, "A Mission of the Heart: Leaders in High-Needs Districts Talk about What It Takes to Transform a School," looks at ways to recruit and sustain top leaders in high-needs schools. The study is based on in-depth focus groups with principals in high-needs districts and interviews with superintendents and other high-ranking education officials, including a state superintendent of education.