Index

Abecedarian Project
absenteeism, 10.1, 23.1, 31.1
Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL)
accountability, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 18.1, 20.1, 28.1, 28.2, 31.1, 32.1, 33.1
online schools and, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
test-based, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1, 20.1, 21.1, 24.1, 28.1, 33.1, nts.1n
achievement gap, 1.1, 4.1, 10.1, 15.1
closing of, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 20.1, 21.1, 28.1, 28.2, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4
income, 6.1, 6.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 17.1, 31.1, 31.2
poverty effects and, 10.1, 23.1, 31.1, 31.2
achievement levels, 5.1, 25.1, 25.2
math, 5.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, app.1, app.2, app.3
reading, 5.1, 5.2, app.4, app.5, app.6
ACT, 28.1, 31.1
Adams, John
Addams, Jane
Adelanto School District
“advanced” level, 5.1, 5.2
Advanced Placement courses, 4.1, 16.1
Africa, 22.1, 22.2, 31.1
African Americans, see blacks
after-school programs, 1.1, 10.1, 16.1, 24.1, 27.1
Agassi, Andre, 2.1, 16.1
Agora school
alcohol, 10.1, 27.1, 31.1
ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 16.1, 32.1
and charters
parent trigger and
virtual schools and, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2
vouchers and
Alexander, Karl L.
Allgood, Whitney, 27.1, 27.2
Alliance for Excellent Education
Amazon.com, 3.1, 24.1, 32.1
America 2000
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Enterprise Institute
American Federation for Children
American Federation of Teachers, 3.1, 16.1, nts.1n
American Indians, 5.1, 5.2, 16.1, 31.1
American Indians/Alaska Natives, 8.1, app.7, app.8, app.9, app.10
American Institutes for Research (AIR), 20.1, 20.2
American Library Association
American Virtual Academy
AmeriCorps
Amplify division
Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy
Anschutz, Philip
Anti-intellectualism in American Life (Hofstadter)
anti-progressives (“essentialists”)
“apartheid schools,”
Ariely, Dan
Arizona, charter schools in, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
Arizona Republic, 16.1, 16.2
arts education, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 28.1, 30.1, 31.1, 33.1
in good education, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5
Asian Americans, 9.1, 16.1, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3
achievement gap and
NAEP and, 4.1, 5.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders, 8.1, 8.2, app.7, app.11, app.12, app.10
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Atlanta, Ga., 2.1, 15.1, 15.2
Austin, Ben, 18.1, nts.1n
Australia, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 16.1
Austria, 10.1, 31.1
autism, 16.1, 26.1
automobile industry

Baker, Bruce, 11.1, 16.1, nts.1n
Baker, Keith
Baltimore, Md., 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, nts.1n
Ban Ki-moon
Barton, Paul, 6.1, 25.1
“basic” level, 5.1, 5.2
Basis charter schools
Bell, Terrel H.
“below basic” level, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
Bennett, Bill, 17.1, 17.2, nts.1n
Bennett-Kew Elementary School
Bezos family, 3.1, 32.1
bilingual education
Blackboard Jungle (film)
blacks, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 31.1, 33.1
achievement gap and, 6.1, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1, 15.2, 21.1, 23.1, 25.1, 28.1, 31.1, 31.2
charter schools and, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 31.1
college education and, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 21.1, 31.1, 31.2
high school graduation rates and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 21.1, 31.1, 31.2, nts.1n
international tests and
NAEP and, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 15.1, 19.1, app.14, app.5, app.8, app.15, app.16
poor, 3.1, 10.1, 15.1, 23.1, 27.1, 28.1, 30.1, 31.1, 31.2
Rhee and, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
unemployment of
vouchers and, 19.1, 19.2
see also desegregation; segregation, racial
“blended learning” model
Block, Michael
Block, Olga
Bloomberg, Michael, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 25.1, 25.2, 30.1, 32.1, 32.2
Bloomberg Businessweek
Board of Education, Chicago, 20.1, 20.2
Booker, Corey
boot-camp culture
Borsuk, Alan J.
Boston Consulting Group
Bowen, Stephen
Bracey, Gerald, n
Bradley Foundation
brain development
Brandenburg, G. F.
Brennan, David, 16.1, 17.1
Broad, Eli, 3.1, 32.1, 32.2
Broad Foundation, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 33.1
online education and
Broad Superintendents Academy, 3.1, 14.1
Brookings Institution
Brooklyn Castle (film)
Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
Brown, Jerry, n
Brown v. Board of Education, 3.1, 6.1, 19.1, 19.2, 31.1, 33.1
Budde, Ray, 2.1, 16.1, 26.1, 26.2
budget cuts, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 17.1, 24.1, 24.2
class size and, 25.1, 25.2
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Bush, George H. W. (Bush administration), 1.1, 2.1, 4.1
Bush, George W. (Bush administration), itr.1, 4.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 31.1
see also No Child Left Behind
Bush, Jeb, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1, 11.1
online schools and, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
parent trigger and
business, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1, 19.1, 32.1
education compared with, 12.1, 26.1, 32.1
see also entrepreneurs; specific businesses

California, 3.1, 15.1, 25.1, 31.1, 32.1
charter schools in, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 32.1
parent trigger and
turnaround in
California, University of (Los Angeles), Civil Rights Project of, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3
California Charter School Association,310
Canada, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
poverty in, 10.1, 10.2
Canada, Geoffrey
capital
human
“smart,”
social
Carroll County, Va.
Carter, Jimmy
Catholic schools, 16.1, 19.1, 33.1
Celerity charter chain
censorship
Census Bureau, U.S.
Center for Education Reform, 16.1, 19.1
Center for Research on Education (CREDO)
Centers for Disease Control
Chance to Make History, A (Kopp), 10.1, 14.1
character, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 28.1, 28.2, 33.1
charter management organizations (CMOs)
charter schools, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 7.1, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1, 17.2, 19.1, 20.1, 32.1, 32.2, 33.1, 33.2
achievement gap and
ALEC’s model law for, 16.1, 16.2
chains of, 3.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 26.1, 26.2
cost of, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
CREDO report on
diversity of, 16.1, 16.2
EMOs and, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
enrollment disparities in, 4.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
expansion of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 18.1, 26.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 32.1
for-profit, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 32.1, 32.2
NCLB and, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
“no excuses” slogan of, 10.1, 16.1
online, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 26.1, 26.2
original idea for, 2.1, 16.1, 26.1
parent trigger and
as public schools
segregation and, 31.1, 31.2
TFA and, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
in Washington, D.C., 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 26.1
working for all of
Chavis, Ben
cheating scandals, 2.1, 15.1, 28.1
Chester Upland School District
Chetty, Raj
Chetty study, 11.1, nts.1n
Chicago, Ill., 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 30.1, 31.1
merit pay in
Renaissance 2010 in, 20.1, 20.2
turnaround in
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), 30.1, 33.1
Chiefs for Change
China
international tests in, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
choice, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 28.1, 31.1, 32.1, 33.1, 33.2
see also charter schools; online schools; vouchers
choice movement
Christie, Chris, 11.1, 15.1, 16.1
Chubb, John, 17.1, 19.1
Churchill, Sir Winston
civics, 1.1, 2.1, 24.1, 30.1
Civilian Conservation Corps, 4.1, 30.1
civil rights, 4.1, 16.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1
corporate reform claims and, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 14.1
union support for, 3.1, nts.1n
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Civil Rights Project (UCLA), 31.1, 31.2, 31.3
class size, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 27.1, 31.1, 32.1, nts.1n
in charter schools, 16.1, 16.2
in early elementary grades, 1.1, 23.1, 25.1
online schools and, 17.1, 17.2
reduction of, 20.1, 25.1, 31.1
Scholastic-Gates survey on
Cleveland, Ohio, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 30.1
vouchers in, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Clinton, Bill (Clinton administration), 2.1, 4.1, 16.1
Cody, Anthony, 3.1, 14.1, 20.1
Cohen, David K.
Cold War, 4.1, 4.2, 10.1
Coley, Richard
collaboration (teamwork), 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 15.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 33.1
charter schools and, 16.1, 16.2, 26.1, 26.2
collective bargaining, 3.1, 13.1, 15.1
College Board, 9.1, 17.1
college education, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 17.1, 25.1, app.17
cost of, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
desegregation and, 31.1, 31.2
good education and, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
tenure and
value and purpose of, 9.1, 9.2
vouchers and
college graduation rates, 9.1, 21.1
Colorado, 2.1, 7.1, 14.1, 32.1
online schools in, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Colorado Virtual Academy, 17.1, 17.2
Comer, James
Comer Process
Common Core State Standards, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 17.1, 30.1, 31.1, 33.1
community, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 8.1, 20.1, 24.1, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3, 33.1
charters and, 26.1, 26.2
democratic control and, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 33.1, 33.2
community colleges
Community Renewal Tax Relief Act (2000)
competition, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 14.1, 28.1, 31.1, 32.1, 32.2, 33.1
charter schools and, 2.1, 2.2, 10.1, 16.1
global, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 24.1, 32.1
merit pay and, 12.1, 12.2
in Race to the Top, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 16.1, 30.1
vouchers and, 19.1, 19.2
computers, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 26.1, 32.1
online schools and, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5
Conference of Mayors, U.S.
Congress, U.S., 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 20.1, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 31.1, 32.1, 33.1, nts.1n
GI Bill of Rights and
vouchers and, 3.1, 19.1, 19.2
Connecticut, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 32.1, 33.1
Connections Academy, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
conservatives, conservatism, 6.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 17.1, 17.2, 19.1, 32.1, 33.1
governors, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 26.1
parent trigger and, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
vouchers and, 19.1, 19.2
Consortium on Chicago School Research, 20.1, 20.2
Constitution, U.S., 16.1, 24.1, 30.1
consultants, consulting, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2
consumerism, 32.1, 33.1
Corbett, Tom
corporate reform, 2.1, 20.1, 30.1, 32.1
achievement gap and, 6.1, 6.2, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
charter schools and, 16.1, 16.2
civil rights movement claims of, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 14.1
college education and, 9.1, 10.1
disdain for teachers of
lack of popular base for
language of, 3.1, 4.1
merit pay and, 12.1, 12.2
online education and, 17.1, 17.2
pattern of
poverty effects and, 10.1, 10.2, 21.1, 27.1
progressive themes and language co-opted by
Rhee and, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
school boards and
school closings and
seniority, tenure and, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
teacher effectiveness and, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 13.1
TFA and, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
corporations, effects of merit pay on
Council on Foreign Relations
creationism, 3.1, 16.1, 19.1, 33.1
“creative destruction,” 17.1, 32.1
creative disruption, 32.1, 32.2
creativity, 3.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 16.1, 24.1, 32.1, 33.1
crime, 6.1, 23.1, 31.1
Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus
Cuomo, Andrew
curriculum, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 8.1, 11.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1
of charter schools, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 26.1
in good education
narrowing of, 2.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 24.1, 24.2, 28.1
online, 3.1, 17.1
parental demands and, 1.1, 24.1
vouchers and

Daley, Richard M., 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Daniels, Mitch, 3.1, 11.1, 15.1, 19.1
Darling-Hammond, Linda, 3.1, 3.2, 11.1, 21.1
data, data systems, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 24.1
overreliance on and misuse of, 1.1, 32.1
student, collection of
test scores and, 11.1, 11.2, 24.1
data-driven instruction
D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP)
Death and Life of the Great American School System, The (Ravitch), 1.1, 33.1
Deming, W. Edwards
democracy, fm1.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 9.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 32.1
purpose of education and, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 26.1, 33.1
turnaround vs., 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Democrats, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 11.1, 30.1, 33.1
online schools and
parent trigger and, 18.1, 18.2
Rhee and, 15.1, 15.2
Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), 3.1, 13.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2
Denby, David
Denmark, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1
Denver Post, 2.1, 17.1
deregulation, 3.1, 4.1, 6.1, 16.1, 17.1, 32.1, 33.1
desegregation, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 8.1, 19.1, 19.2, 30.1, 31.1, 33.1
Desert Trails Elementary School
Designs for Change (DFC), 20.1, 20.2
Detroit, Mich., 10.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 30.1
developmental problems, 1.1, 31.1
DeVos, Betsy
Dewey, John, fm1.1, 33.1
DFER, see Democrats for Education Reform
Di Carlo, Matthew
digital learning policy statement
DiMaggio, Dan
disabilities, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 10.1, 20.1, 25.1, 30.1, 32.1, 32.2, 33.1, 33.2
charter schools and, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 26.1, 26.2
good education and
learning, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 22.1, 22.2
teacher evaluations and, 2.1, 11.1, 11.2
disability status, tests scores by
discipline, 4.1, 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 17.1, 20.1, 31.1, 32.1
charter schools and, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 26.1
discrimination, 7.1, 16.1, 26.1, 31.1, 31.2
Dodge Elementary (renamed Dodge Renaissance Academy)
dropouts, high school, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 31.1, app.18
charter schools and, 26.1, 26.2
class size and, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3
drugs, 10.1, 27.1, 31.1
dual school system, risk of, 26.1, 33.1
Duane Technology Academy
DuBois, W. E. B.
due process, 3.1, 13.1, 13.2
Duncan, Arne, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 11.1, 11.2, 16.1, 16.2, 30.1, 30.2, 33.1, 33.2
on international test scores
poverty effects and
school closings and, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Dyer, Mrs. Stephen
Dyer, Stephen

early childhood education, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2, 30.1
for children with disabilities
EB-5 visa
“ecological correlation fallacy,”
Economic Policy Institute, 8.1, 9.1
economics, study of
economic stimulus funding, 2.1, 30.1
Economist
economy, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 24.1, 24.2, 28.1, 28.2, 32.1
college education and, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
German
international tests and, 7.1, 7.2
Edison Project, 16.1, 17.1
Edison Schools
Educated Child, The (Bennett)
education
as basic human right
crisis in, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 11.1
equal opportunity for, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 21.1, 21.2, 24.1, 32.1, 32.2, 33.1
good, essentials of
purpose of, itr.1, 4.1, 24.1, 24.2, 26.1
educational management organizations (EMOs), 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
Education Alternatives Inc., 16.1, 16.2
Educational Testing Service
Education Department, U.S., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.1, 15.1, 15.2, 27.1, 30.1, 33.1
charter schools and, 16.1, 16.2
class size and, 25.1, 25.2
graduation rate and, 8.1, 8.2
Institute of Education Sciences of
merit pay and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
NAEP in, see National Assessment of Educational Progress
Office of Educational Research and Improvement of
online education and
TFA and, 14.1, 14.2
turnarounds and, 20.1, 20.2
“Education Innovation Summit,”
“Education Nation,” 4.1, 18.1, 33.1
Education Reform Now
Education Writers Association
Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), 17.1, 17.2
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA; 1965)
elementary education, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2, 28.1
class size in, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 32.1
parent trigger and
Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, see Broad Foundation
Emanuel, Rahm, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2, 33.1
emergency managers
EMOs, see educational management organizations
England, 7.1, 12.1
English-language learners, see non-English-speaking students
Entertainment Properties Trust, 16.1, 16.2
entrepreneurs, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 33.1
budget declines as opportunity for
charter schools and, 1.1, 2.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2
NCLB and
online schools and, 17.1, 17.2
Entwisle, Doris R.
equity investors, 2.1, 17.1, 17.2
Espiritu charter schools

Fairfax County, Va., 15.1, 17.1
families, 8.1, 20.1, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2
achievement gap and, 6.1, 6.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 23.1, 31.1
advantaged, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1, 10.1, 23.1, 27.1, 31.1, 31.2
black, 6.1, 23.1
Catholic
importance of, 2.1, 11.1, 27.1
low-income, 9.1, 9.2, 31.1
middle-income, 9.1, 19.1, 31.1
poor, 10.1, 23.1, 23.2, 27.1, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1
reading and, 5.1, 10.1, 11.1
troubled, 4.1, 4.2
see also parents
Fang, Lee
Fantastiks, The (musical)
Farley, Todd
federal funds, 2.1, 2.2, 24.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1
Race to the Top and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 31.1
federalism, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3
Fenty, Adrian, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 17.1, 30.1
Finland, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 23.1, 28.1, 29.1
international tests in, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 11.1, 28.1
poverty in, 10.1, 10.2, 28.1
Finn, Chester E., Jr.
First International Mathematics Study, 7.1, 7.2
First International Science Study
Fisher Foundation, 3.1, 16.1
Florence School District
Florida, 3.1, 3.2, 11.1, 15.1, 17.1
charter schools in
in international tests, 7.1, 7.2
parent trigger and, 18.1, 18.2
vouchers in, 3.1, 19.1
Florida Education Department
Florida Supreme Court
“focus” schools, 30.1, 33.1
Forbes
foreign languages, 1.1, 2.1, 12.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
for-profit online corporations, 3.1, 26.1
for-profit online universities
for-profit schools, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 15.1, 17.1
charter, see charter schools, for-profit
online, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2
Foundation for Excellence in Education, 3.1, 3.2, 17.1
France, 9.1, 10.1
fraud, 1.1, 17.1, 19.1, 26.1, 32.1
freedom, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 12.1
academic, 13.1, 13.2
to choose, 3.1, 4.1
free market, 3.1, 32.1, 33.1, 33.2
vouchers and
see also business; entrepreneurs; privatization
Friedman, John N., 11.1, nts.1n
Friedman, Milton, 3.1, 19.1
Friedman Foundation
fundamentalists
funds, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 7.1, 30.1, 31.1
for Catholic schools
for charter schools, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7, 16.8, 18.1, 18.2, 26.1, 26.2
federal, see federal funds
for online education, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6
of Rhee, 15.1, 15.2
of TFA, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6
that follow the child, 3.1, 3.2
for turnaround schools
vouchers and

Gabor, Andrea
Gallistel Language Academy
Garcia-Roberts, Gus
Gates, Bill, 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1, 32.1
Gates, Melinda, 4.1, 11.1
Gates Foundation, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 11.1, 13.1, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 33.1, 33.2, nts.1n
class size and
Common Core and, 3.1, 30.1
online education and
Renaissance 2010 and
in student data collection
GED
gender equality, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3
Georgia, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 32.1
Georgia Supreme Court
GERM (global education reform movement)
Germany, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 31.1
GI Bill of Rights
gifted students, 11.1, 11.2
Ginsburg, Alan
Global Silicon Valley Partners
Goals 2000
Gordon, Robert
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
grade inflation
graduation rates
college, 9.1, 21.1
high school, see high school graduation rates
grants, 2.1, 14.1, 17.1, 30.1, 31.1
school-reform, 3.1, 3.2
grant writers
Gray, Vincent
Great Depression, 4.1, 21.1, 28.1, 30.1
Great Hearts
Green Dot
Greenfield school district
gross domestic product (GDP), 7.1, 11.1
Guggenheim, Davis
Gulen, Fethullah
Gulen charter schools, 16.1, 16.2

Hanushek, Eric, 4.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
Harding, Heather
Harlem Children’s Zone, 10.1, 16.1
Harlem Park Community School
Harry Potter books
Harvard Magazine
Harvard University, 14.1, 15.1
Haslam, Bill
Hastings, Reed
Head Start, 23.1, 30.1
Heal for America (HFA)
health care, 4.1, 6.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1, 22.1, 27.1, 31.1
prenatal, 1.1, 10.1, 10.2, 22.1, 27.1, 27.2
TFA model and
Heartland Institute, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1
Hechinger, John, 17.1, 31.1
Heckman, James, 23.1, 25.1, 28.1
hedge fund managers, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 6.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 32.1
Heilig, Julian Vasquez
Henderson, Kaya, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Heritage Foundation, 3.1, 16.1, 19.1
high-income students, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2
high school graduation rates, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 9.1, 10.1, 19.1, 25.1, 30.1, 33.1
at charter schools
desegregation and, 31.1, 31.2
facts about, 8.1, app.19
international, 8.2, app.17
at online schools, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
poverty and, 10.1, 10.2, 21.1, 23.1
high schools, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 16.1, 17.1
class size in, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, nts.1n
college compared with, 9.1, 9.2
graduation requirements for
testing in
turnaround and
Hispanics, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 27.1, 28.1
achievement gap and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 11.1, 23.1, 28.1
charter schools and
college education and, 9.1, 9.2, 21.1
high school graduation rates and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
NAEP and, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 15.1, app.14, app.11, app.12, app.15
poor, 30.1, 31.1, 31.2
segregation and, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3
history, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 9.1, 12.1, 19.1, 30.1, 32.1
in good education, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4
Hofstadter, Richard
homeless students, 25.1, 31.1, 32.1
homeschooling, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
Hoover Institution, 11.1, 16.1, 17.1
Housing and Urban Development Department, U.S. (HUD)
Houston, Tex., 11.1, 14.1
How Children Succeed (Tough), 27.1, 28.1
Huffman, Kevin
Humphrey, Tom
Hurricane Katrina
Huxley, Aldous