The authors examine a century of rhetoric on the home/school relation and associated parent involvement. The review investigates how current ideas about this relationship and parent involvement might inhibit the realization of justice, equity, and excellence in education.

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This report examined the feasibility of creating a Medicaid sample based on annual MAX files—a “Mini-MAXâ€â€”to make it easier for users to design and conduct MAX studies and make MAX data accessible to a broader community of Medicaid researchers, policymakers, program...

Notes that 11 percent had no source of supplemental coverage. Twenty-nine percent have coverage through an HMO but no other form of subsidized coverage.