41.   As an advocate of charter schools, Steven B. Klinsky embraces those promises.

42.   As an example, he cited the fact that in recent weeks Oakland has more than doubled the number of its charter schools.

43.   As with all charter schools, the education is free, paid for with the same money the state would have spent educating the students at traditional district campuses.

44.   Asked about school vouchers, he said he supports vouchers and charter schools but the decision to start those programs should be left to the states.

45.   At a Phoenix charter school, a picture of the Virgin Mary hung for a time in the school office.

46.   At least one of the eight other Arizona public school districts sponsoring charter schools is considering getting out of the business, sources said.

47.   At an Origin Science meeting a few weeks ago, he overheard a woman talking about a charter school that was teaching creationism.

48.   At River Hill High School, a public charter school in Clarksville, Md., iPaq computers are being distributed to ninth-graders.

49.   At the Marblehead charter school, public education orthodoxy is being challenged in many ways.