The author wishes to thank the following for their support and guidance of this project: Adriana de Kanter, Linda Roberts, Jenelle Leonard, Leah Vosburgh, Alan Ginsburg, and Menahem Herman of the U.S. Department of Education; Les Hemmings, John Hancock Financial Services; Robin Willner, IBM Corporation; Carroll Miller, FamilyEducation Company; Bess Stephens, Hewlett-Packard Company; Mort Egol, Arthur Andersen & Co.; Edgar Murphy, Nortel/Northern Telecom; Marilyn Reznick, AT&T Foundation; Leanne Barrett, WFD, Inc.; Jane Broom, Microsoft Corp.; Jo Corro, Boston Private Industry Council; Russ Holland, Alliance for Technology Access; Steve Spanier, Cisco Systems, Inc.; Catherine Cook, Center for Applied Special Technology; Anne Schreiber, Scholastic; and Stephen Garone, The Conference Board.
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