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ix All but one of the chapters in this volume were originally presented in October 2005 at a conference entitled “The Adequacy Lawsuit,” which was held by the Kennedy School of Government’s Program on Education Policy and Governance. The exception, chapter 5, by Matthew Springer and James Guthrie, is based on Guthrie’s remarks as a discussant at the event. Partial funding for the conference and this volume was provided by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, and the Taubman Center on State and Local Government . We are grateful for their support. In addition to the authors and those acknowledged in specific chapters, we would like to thank the following scholars who participated in the conference as presenters, discussants, and panel chairs: Clint Bolick, Rajashri Chakrabarti, John Dinan, David Ellwood, Ron Ferguson, Chester E. Finn Jr., Caroline Hoxby, Molly Hunter, Morton Keller, Al Lindseth, Shep Melnick, Terry Moe, Deirdre Roney, Andrew Rotherham, Peter Schrag, Rocco Testani, John Coons, David Danning, Paul Gazzerro, Ed Glaeser, James Peyser, Michael Rebell, Robert Reich, Paul Reville, Joseph Viteritti, and Kenneth Wong. Their insightful criticism of draft papers helped to make this a stronger work. Antonio Wendland and Mark Linnen at the Program on Education Policy and Governance provided outstanding logistical and administrative support before, during, and after the conference. We owe special thanks to Elena Acknowledgments 00-7031-6-FM 1/3/07 3:30 PM Page ix Llaudet, whose diligent work on the volume’s appendix represents an act of service to the entire scholarly community for years to come. Tom Loveless at the Brookings Institution offered valuable feedback on the draft manuscript, as did three anonymous reviewers. Eileen Hughes and Elizabeth Forsyth improved the chapters immensely through the editorial process, while Susan Woollen handled the cover design with her usual skillfulness and care. Finally, we are especially grateful to Robert Faherty, director of the Brookings Institution Press, and Christopher Kelaher, acquisitions editor, for their continued commitment to readable and relevant academic books. x acknowledgments 00-7031-6-FM 1/3/07 3:30 PM Page x ...