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Footnotes

1. The Atlantic Monthly, The Near-Myth of our Failing Schools, October 1997

2. 35th annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools

3. National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP results, 2003

4. National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP results, 2003

5. National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP results, 2003

6. New York Daily News, December 19, 2003, Be Our Guest, Diane Ravitch

7. Copyright (c) 2004 by College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. www.collegeboard.com.

8. America's Best High Schools, Newsweek, June 2, 2003, by Jay Mathews

9. State Indicators of Science and Math Education, 2001; State-by-State Trends and New Indicators from the 1999-2000 School Year; Council of Chief State School Officers.

10. New York State Education Department, Annual Educational Summary, 1978-79, Table 14

11. National Center for Education Statistics; Digest of Education Statistics, 2002, Table 185.

12. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education; Measuring Up 2002

13. The College Board, SAT New York Report 2002; Table 6

14. New York State Education Department: A Report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Educational Status of the State's Schools, July 2003

15. New York State Education Department; A Report to the Governor and the Legislature

on the Educational Status of the State's Schools; July 2003

16. State University of New York, December 2, 2003

17. State University of New York, January 27, 2004

18. City University of New York (Expansion Magazine only studied school districts with more than 3,500 students.)

19. National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, The NASDTEC Manual on the Preparation and Certification of Educational Personnel, 2002

20. National Center for Education Statistics, 1999-2000 (April 2003) Table 69

21. National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, The NASDTEC Manual on the Preparation and Certification of Educational Personnel, 2002

22. Ibid.

23. Ibid.

24. Midterm Report on States' Efforts to Assist Paraprofessionals. American Federation of Teachers, January 2004

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