The University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA-PLE) is a joint venture of the Darden Graduate School Of Business and the School of Education and Human Development. Established in 2003, the PLE was formed in order to combine the most innovative thinking in business and education to better serve our nation’s children by empowering education leaders to meet the demands of operating schools and school systems. Believing in the critical importance of effective school system leadership, the PLE designs and delivers programs, including the Core Partnership, to strengthen leadership practice and establish proof points of excellence.