We wish to thank Carol Rasco, Director of the America Reads Challenge, who provided the idea for this guide.
The principal authors of Simple Things You Can Do are Corey Chatis, Susan Thompson-Hoffman, Adriana de Kanter, Ollie Moles, Shirley Steele, Sarah Howes, Michelle Doyle, Margarita Colmenares, Leah Vosburgh, Menahem Herman, Jennifer Ballen, and Chandler Arnold of the U.S. Department of Education. The Department also wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Ellen Schiler, Libby Doggett, Gerrie Hawkins, Delia Pompa, Cynthia Dorfman, Simone Miranda, and Kim Silverman of the U.S. Department of Education and Leah Holmes-Bonilla and Jackie Burns of ZGS Communications, Inc. Special thanks go to Corey Chatis for guiding the production of this document.
