A Day the Life questionnaire, 44, 47, 52, 87

A Nation at Risk, 8

Academic Performance Index, 22, 48, 53, 94, 95

Academic test scores, 53

Accountability, xiii, xix, 14, 18–20, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 39, 53, 57, 62, 63, 73, 91, 110, 116, 117, 120, 124, 136

Adequate Yearly Progress, 94

Administrative staff, 39, 40, 98, 99

American education, xvi, xvii, 8

American Federation of Teachers, 22

Anderson, 31–33, 118

Annual Family / Household Income, 55, 58, 60

ANOVA (analysis of variance), 49, 121

Any time, any place learning, 26, 118

Asynchronous interaction, 26, 118

At-risk students, 22, 30

Attendance, 28, 39, 40, 41, 62, 64, 78, 86, 107, 109, 113, 170

Augustine-Shaw, 26–28, 30

Average Daily Attendance (ADA), 40

Barfield, 9

Barker, 27, 30

Basham, xv, 12, 116

Bennett, William, 4, 27, 39, 62, 67, 68

Bogdan & Biklen, 47, 48

Bogden, 2, 118

Bracey, 17, 20, 25

Brick and mortar institutions, xiv, 26, 29, 31, 63, 65, 119

Brown Center on Education Policy, 23

Cali Calmecac, 19

California Achievement Tests, 53, 91–93

California Board of Education, xx, xxi, 119

California Charter Academy, 18

California Department of Education, 24

California Education Code, 31, 38

California Standards Tests, (CST), 45, 53, 91, 92

California State Standards, 42–44, 94, 96, 109, 119

California Virtual Academies, xxi, 3, 4, 26, 36, 37, 41, 42, 92, 102, 120

Capitalism, 15

CAVA@Central Coast, 36

CAVA@Fresno, 36

CAVA@Jamestown, 36, 37, 45, 92–94, 116

CAVA@Kern, 36, 37, 92–94, 116, 120, 121

CAVA@San Diego, 36, 37, 92–94, 116

CAVA@San Joaquin, 36

CAVA@San Mateo, 36, 37, 109

CAVA@Sonoma, 36, 37

CD-ROM, 11, 48

Center for Educational Reform (CER), xvi, 21, 23

Character based education, 4, 68

Charter school, ix, x, xiv, xvi–xviii, xxi, 1, 2, 4, 7, 13–25, 27, 30–33, 42, 70, 87, 97, 116, 117, 123

Charter school legislation, xix, xx, xxi, 13, 14, 25

Charter school movement, xiv, xvi, 1, 6, 7, 13, 23, 24, 33

Chat rooms, 26, 118

Choice, 2000, 27

Christian, 62, 68, 76