This issue of Northwest Education explores some of the ways that the region is changing territory: radically reengineering large comprehensive high schools into smaller, more personalized academies and learning communities; encouraging all students--not just an elite few--to take advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses; tying curriculum to the world outside the classroom; and using data to drive decisionmaking. It is not an easy journey. The frustrations of administrators and the complaints of students are heard. However, there is a sense the exhilaration of being on the cutting edge of a movement seeking to change a model that is more than 100 years old.