These principals found ways to improve students' behavior, ranging from their test preparation routines to their overall physical fitness.

• Principal Linda Peraems and her staff set out to reduce behavioral incidents by designing and implementing a school-wide behavior policy emphasizing positive reinforcement—Linda Peraems, Minnesota. 
• To improve students’ test scores, Principal Chad Stover and his team launched a before-school program that combined physical activity with test prep—Chad Stover, Pennsylvania. 
• Principal Robert Malay needed a way to improve attendance at his elementary school—Robert Malay, Guam. 
• Concerned with the rising rates of childhood obesity, Principal Julie Gay and her staff launched a program aimed at improving families' and students' fitness—Julie Gay, Missouri.
• The goal of Principal Linda Thomas' Reaching for the Stars Reading Incentive was to encourage a daily habit of reading for pleasure, while increasing reading scores across grade levels—Linda Thomas, Delaware.