The McGraw-Hill Urban Advisory Resource is a team with a deep understanding of the challenges facing urban districts. These experts work closely with districts to find the best solutions to provide better quality instruction, curriculum, and assessment to their students.

The Urban Advisory Resource is led by Arthur Griffin, former chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, school board.

The Urban Advisory Resource sponsors the District Leader’s Podcast, a web site that provides a lively, informative and easily accessible forum where school superintendents and other educational leaders can share their experiences and expertise on improving schools across the country. District Leader’s Podcast is the only national podcast created expressly for district leaders. Each episode features interviews with district leaders from around the country. New podcasts, added biweekly, are hosted by different educational experts from the “front line.”