Many dedicated and innovative educators contributed to this guide. Dr. David Stern, Director of NCRVE, has provided the wonderful combination of direction, thoughtful advice and insight, and access to funding that makes a project like this possible. Deborah McKoy, a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley has been exceedingly generous with her time in reading early drafts of this guide and sharing her important perspective on enterprises and education. Deb deserves particular praise for bringing together educators in November 1997 to discuss curriculum integration in school-based enterprises (SBEs). Tammy Bird and Aleyne Larner of Food from the `Hood at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles and Judi Yeager from Oakland High School shared insights at that meeting which have found their way into the guide.
Allie Whitehurst of the Oakland Unified School District and teachers in the AcademiesWork program in Oakland--especially Jackie Begrin (Oakland High School), Michael Jackson (Fremont High School), and Ester Dixon (Castlemont High School) shared their experiences and opened their classrooms as research for this guide was completed.
REAL instructors Jennifer Goos of Maxwell, Nebraska, Cory NeVille of Riverside High School in Chattaroy, Washington, and Ann Smith of the Sno-Isle Skills Center in Everett, Washington, helped lead sessions on SBEs at REAL Institutes which provided a chance to "test drive" components of this guide, as did Gair McCullough of REAL Enterprises. Thanks also to the REAL teachers who attended those sessions and provided useful suggestions.
Finally, Ann Smith has made her excellent formats for business planning and assessment of learning in SBEs available for this guide. Along with her generosity, Ann's hard-won knowledge, enthusiasm for her work, and commitment to helping students grow exemplify what quality education is all about.
The guide was written by Rick Larson of REAL Enterprises. Funding for the development and publication of the guide was provided by the Annenberg Rural Challenge and by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, through award #V051A30003-97 from the U.S. Department of Education to the University of California, Berkeley.