This document contains the 12 issues of the newsletter "The Link" published during 1999-2001. "The Link" disseminates resources, recent educational research findings, and other information of interest to practitioners in the four states served by AEL, Inc.: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Feature articles cover such topics as enabling change, learning in the preschool years, equity in education, consolidated planning by school districts, a regional perspective on charter schools, 21st-century community learning centers, parent and community involvement, informal science, technology in the classroom, formative evaluation of comprehensive school reform, teacher collaboration for professional development, research on comprehensive school reform, AEL's Institute for the Advancement of Emerging Technologies in Education, a synopsis of recent school improvement efforts, and connecting school and community through technology. Issues also include research notes, grant opportunities, new resources from AEL, descriptions of publications of interest, and announcements of trainings and other professional development events. (SV)