mandate, 59, 76, 90, 192

see also Charter School Act of 1991

see also No Child Left Behind

see also rule(s)

see also standard(s)

Marx, Karl, 44, 215

see also Marxism

Marxism, 41, 44, 86

Marxist. see Marxism

Mastery Charter Schools, 77

McDonalds Corporation, 76

methodology:, 10, 101, 102n7

data:

focus group, 112–113, 131, 133n8, 144, 191, 210n4

interviews, 18n4, 87, 106–107, 112, 122, 126, 129–130, 136–137, 140, 142, 146, 151, 163, 166, 176, 184, 200, 205, 210n4

observations, 18n4, 87, 106–107, 122, 146, 150–153, 157, 160, 162–163, 190–191, 200

qualitative, 97, 102n6, 106, 109, 111, 113–118, 121, 135, 147, 159

quantitative, 97, 106–107, 116–117, 146

questionnaire, 109–111, 117–118, 119n1, 195

research questions, 109, 121

survey, 96, 107, 109–119, 133n8, 145–146, 166, 182, 195, 198, 200, 210n4

data analysis:

coding, 103n8

general linear, 110, 112

methodology: (continued)

Multivariate analysis (MVA), 110–112, 195

pattern matching, 126, 135, 144, 199

selective coding, 126, 136

statistically significant, 110–111, 113–116

t-statistic, 113, 116

t-test, 110–115

research design:

case study, 7, 130, 185, 201

grounded theory (GT), 126

mixed methods, 106

triangulation, 118

theoretical perspective in:

constructivism as a, 29

phenomenological as a, 29, 226–227

positivism as a, 10, 29

postmodern, 29, 197

relativism, 24, 29, 56, 63

Middle Ages, xiii, 50, 52, 54–56, 62, 77

Mills, C. Wright, 5, 8, 41, 89

mission statements, 92, 113, 130, 132, 140, 143, 157, 160, 163, 166–68, 176, 182, 186–187, 199–200

money, 5, 9, 12–13, 15, 25, 34, 46n2, 62–63, 75, 78, 84, 92, 131, 135, 140–141, 144, 146, 154, 160, 163, 165–166, 184–186, 191, 193, 195, 204–206, 208, 210n7

Moore, Rob, 29, 41, 45, 46n1, 62, 78, 84, 89–90, 202, 206

Moors, 49–52, 65n6, 78

motivations, 37, 72, 96–97, 102n6, 106, 109–111, 117, 124, 141, 159, 186–187, 195, 214, 218