Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 42 Charter 39 brutal 38 highly levered 38 declining enrollment 37 Neil Smit 36 budget shortfalls 36 brutal repression 35 declining enrollments 35 bankruptcy reorganizations 34 Sabis 34 highly leveraged 33 belt tightening 33 write downs 33 repressive 33 repression 32 deleveraging 32 Declining enrollment 31 looser monetary 31 Mississippi Adequate 31 brutal crackdown 31 felonies punishable 31 fare hikes 31 layoffs furloughs 31 writedowns 31 summary executions 31 deepening recession 31 cutbacks 31 budgetary pressures 31 consolidations 30 Draconian 30 headwinds 30 holdbacks 30 credit crunch 30 rating downgrades 30 acute shortages 30 stagnant wages 30 aggravated mayhem 30 brutally 29 budgetary shortfalls 29 tough 29 budget shortfall 29 draconian 29 brutal crackdowns 29 harshest 29 cutthroat competition 29 repressive regime 29 budgetary constraints 29 maximum sentence 29 misdemeanors punishable 29 ruinous 29 faces 29 crunch 29 asset write downs 29 charters 29 liquidity crunch 29 widely reviled 29 Subprime lenders 29 Bert Ely banking 29 currency devaluation 29 brutality 28 constraints 28 financial straits 28 severely constrained 28 housing slump 28 overbuilding 28 pinching pennies 28 writeoffs 28 unrelenting 28 mandates 28 covenants 27 charter 27 defaults 27 imprisonment 27 refinancing 27 arm twisting 27 savage 27 shortfalls 27 layoffs 27 borrowing binge 27 Superintendent Arlene Ackerman 27 wrestles 27 Facing 27 overcapacity 27 budgetary 27 Broadstripe 27 renegotiates 27 mentally exhausting 27 NCLB 27 criminal mischief reckless endangerment 27 economic downturn 27 taxable assessed valuation 27 crunches 27 heinous cruel 27 KIPP 27 bloodily 27 borrowing 27 stiffest sentence 27 financing 27 devaluation 27 unbudgeted 26 punishing