A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

I am grateful to all of those both inside and outside the Department of Education who contributed their time, effort, and expertise to help produce this booklet. Special thanks to Carol Sue Fromboluti and staff members of the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education for their support and wise advice. Carol Rasco, Janet Greene, Libby Doggett, Mary Jean LeTendre, Patricia McKee, Bruce Goerder, Susan Thompson-Hoffmann, Matt Miller, Lisa Harris, Miriam Whitney, Cindy Stewart, Pamela Grant, Ann Reily, Julie Pederson, Gary Kosman, Natalie Rinck, and Staci Boykin from the Department of Education provided invaluable assistance. Ann Eder from the White House Office of Public Liaison generously read this manuscript with comments and advise. The comments of Rima Shore, from the Families and Work Institute, were also particularly valuable summarizing recent brain research.

I wish to thank the many volunteers, child care providers, and community members who reviewed drafts of this document and supported the HELP program. These include: Marilyn LePage, Luise Flavin, Jean Faulkner, and Joan Thompson of Cambridge Head Start; Dean Judith Kidd; Professor Marshall Ganz; and Reverend Janet Legro from Harvard University, as well as Greg Heestand, Nina Das, David Greene, Stacey Gordon, Liz Haynes, and other student volunteers. The following organizations also provided much-appreciated support: The Kennedy School Institute of Politics and the J.W. Saxe Foundation. Cover photograph taken by Kris Snibbe of the Harvard University Gazette with the support of Cambridge's King School Head Start classroom.

Particular and genuine acknowledgments go to Naomi Karp for her valuable insights, constant support, and confidence in--of all things--a summer intern. Finally, I wish to thank my family for taking the time to read with me.

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