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Acknowledgments

Much appreciation goes to the following people who sensed the need for discussion around this topic and who have supported me in ways they might never truly know. I am grateful.

To John Hebert, John Fredrich, Becki Cohn-Vargas, Danny Bauer, Elena Aguilar, Sharon Ofek, Ann Lorey, Ann Idzik, Claudia Frandsen, Sean O’Maonaigh, Dana Carmichael, Rod Berger, Ross Romano, Laura Marcus-Bricca, Barbara McAfee, Shivani Pulimamimidi, Meme Ratliff, and others who sat with me, fed me, and were willing to engage in discussion with me around this deep-end work.

To those in other school boards and school districts and educational organizations who added to and pushed the work forward: Heather Lageman and Liz Berquist at Baltimore County Public Schools, Region 13 Educational Service Center in Austin, Texas, the School of Education at William and Mary, Holly Couturier and Dick Durost at the Maine Principals Association, Jennifer Hicks, Kim Lilienthal and the Placer County Office of Education, and to those at Learning Forward and their affiliates who gave me space to shape this work, and to the participants at their conferences who encouraged me, participated in the workshops, and pushed my thinking.

To my behind-the-scenes supporters: my family who were my cheerleaders and guides—my late father, Richard Abrams; my late mother, Myrna Abrams; my brother and sister-in-law, Adam and Shelley Abrams; and my awesome nephews, Joe and Evan; who think I don’t really work but just “fly around and talk to people.”

To Solution Tree for being so supportive through the moments I couldn’t work on the book but went into the deep-end end-of-life journey with the illness and eventual death of my father. To Douglas Rife, Claudia Wheatley, and Amy Rubenstein, thank you for your graciousness. The book is a better one thanks to your support.

Solution Tree Press would like to thank the following reviewers:

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