The National Alliance of Black School Educators' (NABSE) Educational Development Plan (EDP) was initiated in 1985 as a four-year effort to implement the findings and recommendations of NABSE's report of the Task Force on Black Academic and Cultural Excellence, "Saving the African American Child" (1984). The EDP has the following major goals: (1) the development of a Demonstration School Project (DSP) to model academic and cultural excellence for African American learners; (2) the creation of the Charles D. Moody Research and Development Institute on African American Education for delivery of NABSE program services; and (3) the establishment of a foundation to administer an endowment program supporting the EDP. The DSP is designed to establish partnerships between NABSE and local school districts desiring to improve academic and cultural excellence for African American learners. Such a partnership between NABSE and a local school should involve all available resources in the community, seek the active participation of parents and other community residents, and encourage students themselves to participate in designing their learning experiences. The NABSE Moody Institute will evaluate, develop, and coordinate programs for the DSP. The Moody Institute will recommend the first NABSE DSP site, which will be selected in 1988. Appendices acknowledge the support of African American entrepreneurs and major educational publishers. A list of task force members and a list of 90 references are included. (BJV)