The University recently named James L. Pughsley executive director of the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education. The PLE program teaches business practices to school districts, which in turn take these principles and use them to help underachieving schools succeed, according to Darden spokesperson Ken White. Pughsley will direct the training of principals and administrators at struggling schools, White said. An example of the business principles that the program translates into the educational sector is the
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