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Project Staff Bibliography Data Available for Public Use: Contact Henry Murray Center at Harvard		The UCLA Latino Home-School Research Project began in 1989. One hundred and twenty-one Latino kindergartners were chosen randomly from two Los Angeles County school districts. All had been classified by their school as Spanish-speaking. Beginning in 1989 we listened and talked to the parents in their homes and on the telephone. The original goal of the project was to understand what family factors were associated with academic outcomes. In 1999, we began listening and talking to the youth themselves, when most were 15 years old. Over the next seven years, we visited and interviewed them many times at home and school, on their jobs and in the community. As a result, we were able to learn what they did after high school, and what predicted college enrollment.  Special thanks to all the parents and children without whom the research would have been impossible. We also thank the teachers and administrators in LA County schools for many kinds of assistance. We would also like to thank the following funding agencies:

The National Institute for Child Health and Development The Spencer Foundation The MacArthur Foundation National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program The UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute UC Presidential Grants for School Improvement