A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

School-Linked Comprehensive Services for Children and Families - April 1995

Acknowledgements

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

                         Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959)

When President Clinton opened the celebration for the signing of Goals 2000, he said that there is not one problem that this nation faces that has not been solved somewhere, by someone, at the grassroots, community level. The overarching goal of the Working Conference on School-Linked, Comprehensive Services for Children and Families, was to bring together grassroots, community level problem-solvers who are making it possible for vulnerable children and families to find success at school, at home, and in the community.

In order to bring together the research and practice communities, many people from both the public and private sectors contributed literally thousands of hours to planning and carrying out the conference and conducting the necessary follow-up activities to make this report possible. Some of these include:

The American Educational Research Association, especially William Russell, Jane Stallings, Greta Morine-Dershimer, and Denise McKeon;
The Institute of Educational Leadership, especially Margaret Dunkle, Betty Hale, and the conference facilitators;
Temple University's National Center on Education in the Inner Cities, especially Margaret Wang and Aquiles Iglesias;
The Steering Committee members;
The conference spokespersons: Tom Schultz, Dolores Escobar, Margaret Wang, Ramona Edelin, Sidney Gardner and Jacqueline McCroskey, and Jane Stallings
The OERI conference planners Joyce Murphy, Carol Mitchell, and Naomi Karp; and
The report authors and editors, including Anne Lewis, primary author; Becky Carr and Lee Ann South (Texas A&M University); and Tracey Reed (University of Virginia).

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[Foreword]

[Assistant Secretary's Remarks]