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Acknowledgments
I am indebted to many individuals for the publication of this book. First and foremost, I thank Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly at the California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) for their interest in my work. Without them, this book project would not have happened. I am also indebted to my editor Toni Tan and her team, all of whom made the writing and publishing processes inviting. I extend a very special thanks to Lorraine McDonnell, my dissertation advisor, who ignited my passion for the politics of education. She has continued to be my mentor, and I thank her for everything I know and seek to know about education policy and politics. I thank Stephen Weatherford who taught me interest group theories and all I ever needed to know about factor analyses. I am also indebted to Michael Gerber who knows the history of special education and the policy in more depth than anyone.
I am forever grateful for my friend and colleague Manuel Correia for keeping me in check and for being a critical and caring friend—and the brother I never had. I also thank my other friends and colleagues at CSUCI for the dinner and concert breaks when I needed them—Stephen Stratton,