Sponsored by the Council of Chief State School officials (CCSSO), the moderated online discussion (MOD) project is a year long initiative designed to support the work of Leadership Issue Groups (LIG) by stimulating conversation on education leadership imitatives. Six issues serve as the primary focus for discussions: (1) data-driven decision-making; (2) role, responsibilities, and authority; (3) assessing leader behavior; (4) resource allocation and incentives; (5) governance; and (6) high school leadership. Monthly discussions are conducted by e-mail and include field experts, researchers, LIG members, and a host of interested invited guests. Conversations are uniquely designed to provoke deep and thoughtful discussion of the issues and facilitate the easy and timely exchange of promising ideas and lessons learned. Following each month-long moderated discussion, discussions are synthesized and archived on the Education Leadership Action Network (ELAN) Web site.