The cool thing about action research is that it leads to something tangible, something kinetic. You don't give a professorial speech sharing your incites and findings or write a reflective treatise on your amazing discoveries. You take action - action that directly effects your world. The proximity of the practitioner to the problem is paramount to the success of action research. Too often, leaders and scholars dictate policy and implement change from afar based on good research and ideas, while lacking knowledge and first hand experience with the actual environment and local intricacies. Another important aspect of administrative inquiry is its cyclical nature which encourages constant investigation and growth. Stasis is the enemy of the educator because new challenges are always on the horizon. I hope to make this process part of my everyday approach as an educator. Specifically, my first investigation will deal with homework policy. My campus is considering a change in homework policy as a response to increased failure rates and the potential for decreased graduation rates in the context of the four by four graduation requirements. Our leadership and faculty are all over the map in their ideas and beliefs concerning homework. I hope to discover how other successful campuses are addressing this issue, but I would also like to research the benefits and/or detriments of homework in general.