1. Restructuring Nova Scotia’s Education System: Preparing all Students for a Lifetime of Learning, pp. 14-16. See also Strait Regional School Board, Nova Scotia brochure entitled «Distance Education: Opportunities through Virtual High School.» or visit the SRSB website at: http://mulgrave.ednet.ns.ca/disted/index.htm Note: url valid at time of publication
  2. The Whycocomagh School in Inverness County, Nova Scotia has successfully integrated environmental themes into their Grades Primary-12 curriculum. The program was developed in 1992 and has gone beyond the boundaries of a multi-disciplinary study program to become a permanent enhancement in the curriculum of the school.
  3. Focus 2000, Business-Education Partner ships: Your Planning Process Guide, (The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 1990), p.21.
  4. The Atlantic Framework Essential Graduation Learning in Schools, (Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation), p. 5.
  5. Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation, http://camet-camef.ca/.
  6. Education Initiatives for Atlantic Canada, (Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation, 1996). pp. 5-6.

Chapter 3

  1. Helen Raham, "Revitalizing Public Education in Canada: The Potential of Choice and Charter Schools." Fraser Forum (August, 1996), p. 3.
  2. Joe Nathan, Charter Schools: Creating Hope and Opportunity for American Education. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997), pp. 1-5.
  3. Charter School Handbook, (Alberta Education, 1995), pp. 1-2.
  4. Raham, Op. Cit.,p. 5; and Fraser Forum. pp. 5; and Claudia Wallis, "A Class of their Own," Time (31 October 1994), pp. 43-46.
  5. www.goecities.com  Note: url valid at time of publication
  6. What is a Charter School? Alberta Education, http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/search/
  7. The Charter School Handbook, p. 9.
  8. www.geocities.com/Athens/792/charter.html  Note: url valid at time of publication