Sara McAlister, in her article "Why Community Engagement Matters in School Turnaround," in this issue (p35-42) of "Voices in Urban Education," lays out the strong research base showing that family and community participation is a crucial resource not only for individual student achievement, but also for catalyzing and sustaining school improvement and for building school cultures that support all students. As a follow-up Richard Gray, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform's director of national community organizing and engagement, was asked a few key questions about the implications of this research for identifying best practices and suggesting how federal policy can support them.