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Education Reforms and Students At Risk - October 1996

Acknowledgments

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR) gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the school staff and students who opened their schools and their views on schooling to us during this evaluation. We also extend our gratitude to the experts in the field who supplemented our efforts with papers, presentations, and advice that helped to ensure our success. These experts included:

• Edmund Gordon
• G. Alfred Hess
• Grayson Noley
• Alan DeYoung
• Rafael Valdivieso
• Charlene Rivera
• A. Wade Boykin
• Floraline Stevens
• Russell Rumberger
• Aaron Pallas
• Michelle Fine
• Frank Campana
• Joseph Grannis
• Waldemar Rojas
  

In addition, we acknowledge the more than 200 attendees and participants at our national conference on education reforms and students at risk who invested their time, energy, and creative thinking in this venture during its first year. Finally, special thanks are deserved by the Contracting Office's Technical Representative for this project, Dr. Harold Himmelfarb, whose insights, trust, and willingness to be part of the team contributed greatly to the work.

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