[2] Boaz.

[3] Munro 2.

[4] Boaz.

[5] Lewis D. Solomon, "The Role of For-Profit Corporations in Revitalizing Public Education," University of Toledo Law Review Summer 1993: 916.

[6] Hanushek 37.

[7] Waco Independent School District, internal performance report, 1996-97 academic year.

[8] Carter Scherff, personal interview, December 17, 1997.

[9] James Terry and Jimmy Young, presentation at Midwinter Conference of the Texas Education Agency, 29 January 1997.

[10] Hanushek xxi.

[11] Hanushek 37.

[12] Hanushek 62.

[13] Waco Public Schools, Preliminary Budget Report, 1996-97 (Waco, 1996).

[14] Hanushek xvi.

[15] Kalman R. Hattleman, "But Then What?" Education Week on the Web 12 March 1997.

[16] Dr. Rudy Lopez, personal interview, 8 April 1997.

[17] Waco Public Schools, Preliminary Budget Report, 1996-97 (Waco, 1996). All financial information on Waco reported below comes from this document.

[18] Hanushek xxiv.

[19] Wilson and Davis 97.

[20] Ceil Jensen, "Town Meeting," Education Week on the Web 15 April 1997.

[21] McGroarty 18.

[22] Hanushek 37.

[23] Hanushek 37.

[24] Hanushek 37.

[25] Damon Darlin, "To Whom Do Our Schools Belong?" Forbes 23 September 1996: 70.

[26] Cynthia Brown, "Town Meeting," Education Week on the Web 14 April 1997.

[27] Hanushek 69.

[28] Hanushek 82.

[29] Hanushek 67.

[30] Hanushek 68.

[31] Texas Education Agency, Minimum Salary Schedule for Classroom Teachers and Full-Time Librarians," ice.tea.state.tx.us:70/0/school.finance/salary.html.

[32] Hanushek 68.

[33] Peter Applebome, "Report on Training of Teachers Gives the Nation a Dismal Grade," The New York Times 13 September 1996: A1.

[34] Steven Drummond, "Bonuses Weren't Prime Reason Schools Worked to Improve, Study in Ky. Says," Education Week on the Web 2 April 1997.

[35] Hanushek 87.

[36] Texas Education Agency, "Texas Open-Enrollment Charter Schools Chart," January 1997.

[37] Patrick Washington, personal interviews, Winter 1996.

[38] Caroline Hendrie, "Chicago Board to Consider Plan to Overhaul High Schools," Education Week on the Web 5 March 1997.

[39] Center on National Educational Policy, The Good - and the Not-So-Good - News about American Schools (Washington, D.C., 1996) 7-8.

[40] Stern, "Miracle," A16.