Innovative cross-disciplinary professional development programs for school leaders have emerged as a way to provide educators with a new framework for analyzing old challenges as well as new tools for tackling old problems. These programs help principals take their leadership practice to the next level by exposing them to perspectives, strategies, skills, tools, concepts and philosophies generally associated with business, not education. Business and entrepreneurship-focused professional development programs like the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) Business Fellowship for School Leaders give educators give educators new tools for problem-solving, management, and strategy.