The report describes the establishment of four new Teachers Institutes serving urban school systems that enroll students who are mainly from low-income and minority communities. It sets forth the basic principles that had been developed by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute that became the guiding principle for each of the new Teachers Institutes.

The report describes the establishment and purposes of a National Demonstration Project including the site visits that resulted in a proposal for a 4-year project that would constitute a major step toward the nationwide establishment of Teachers Institutes following the approach developed originally in New Haven.