Acknowledgments

External Review

Patricia Bode, Multicultural educator and art teacher
Amherst Regional Middle School, Amherst, Massachusetts

Wren Christopher, Teacher
Warren School, Warren, Oregon

Veronica Gomez Vilchis, Bridges Project Coordinator
Central Washington University

Damon Hickok, Student Resource Specialist, Upward Bound
Portland Community College

Dr. Thelma A. Jackson, Educational Consultant
Foresight Consultants

Mike Jetty (Spirit Lake Dakota)
Indian Education Dropout Prevention Specialist
Montana Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Maria Pacheco, Director
New England Equity Assistance Center, Brown University

Ellen Swaney (Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes), Director
American Indian/Minority Achievement Office
Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
Montana University System

Elise Trumbull, Ed.D., Educational Consultant

Dr. Don Woodcock, Associate Professor
Department of Education, Central Washington University

Internal Review

Keisha Edwards, Program Associate, Center for School, Family, and Community
Makoto Hanita, Program Advisor, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment
Barbara Hansen, Project Director, Office of Planning and Service Coordination
Joyce Braden Harris, Equity Center Director
Vikki Rennick, Program Advisor, Executive Office
Nanci Schneider, Senior Program Advisor (Oregon State Liaison), Office of Planning and Service Coordination
Jean Spraker, Program Advisor, Center for School and District Improvement
Linda Fitch, Bibliographic Review
Eugenia Cooper Potter, Technical Editing
Paula Surmann, Desktop Publishing
Denise Crabtree, Design