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Family Involvement in Children's Education - October 1997

Acknowledgments

We extend our thanks to the members of the study panel who helped shape the project, recommended schools and districts that served as sources for good ideas, and commented on both volumes of the Idea Book draft: Marilyn Aklin and Richard Nero of the National Coalition of Title I/Chapter 1 Parents, Diane D'Angelo of RMC Research Corporation, Joyce Epstein of the Johns Hopkins University, Warlene Gary of the National Education Association, Linda Rodriguez of the Pasco County (Florida) School Board, and Betty Warren-Smith of the National Coalition of Title I/Chapter 1 Parents and the Wendell Phillips Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School in Kansas City, Missouri.

Within the U.S. Department of Education, Oliver Moles in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement designed and oversaw the project. Mary Jean LeTendre, director of the Compensatory Education Program, provided invaluable knowledge and technical insight into the contents of this publication. Ms. LeTendre was assisted by Linda Varner Mount and Lorraine Wise, also of her staff. Barbara Coates and her colleagues at the Planning and Evaluation Service provided advice and assistance throughout the project.

The teachers, parents, principals, and other staff of the schools highlighted in this report gave generously of their time to help the authors compile detailed and accurate accounts of their programs. They are gratefully acknowledged. Thanks also are due to the parents who participated in focus group interviews. Their contributions to the study represent a perspective that is too easily lost--the voices of families.
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