Charter School Management Organizations Resources

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Strategic Budgeting: Using Evidence to Mitigate the “COVID Slide” and Move Toward Improvement

Toolkits Bi Vuong 11 Feb, 2021
A strategic budgeting toolkit for SEA and LEA budgeting following COVID-19 losses in revenue. Seems relevant to schools and CMOs as well.
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Charter Schools in Opportunity Zones Master Class

Learning Module 07 Dec, 2020
This master class provides information on how charter schools can use Opportunity Zone (OZ) funding as part of their facilities financing, and how investors and philanthropists… Read More
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School Quality Assessment: Where Are You on the Pathway to Success?

Toolkits 01 Dec, 2020
This resource describes a data-driven school improvement process using reflective and diagnostic questions to help administrators identify where they are in their journey to… Read More
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Indicators of Distress and What They Mean in the Charter Sector: A Workshop for School Leaders on Using the Early Indicators of Distress

Webinar 12 Nov, 2020 - 12 Nov, 2020
Charter school leaders and board members from across the country joined together to explore the findings of NCSRC’s Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools report.… Read More
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English Learners in Charter Schools: A Learning Experience Focused on English Learner Instruction - Part 1

Learning Module 09 Oct, 2020
Nearly one in every 10 students nationally are classified as an English Learner (EL). Charter schools are uniquely positioned to serve EL students based on the autonomy in the… Read More
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Introducing Charter School Governance: The Essential Guide

Toolkits BLUUM 01 Oct, 2020
BLUUM has created a series of informative videos that provide a high-level overview of the responsibilities, opportunities and obligations of public charter school board members.… Read More
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Indicators of Distress and What They Mean in the Charter Sector: A Webinar for Charter Sector Stakeholders Introducing New Research Related to the Early Indicators of Distress

Webinar 30 Sep, 2020 - 30 Sep, 2020
Charter school stakeholders from across the country joined together to explore findings from NCSRC’s new report, Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools Part 1: The… Read More
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The Arts in Charter Schools

Reports Cassandra Quillen, Education Commission… 09 Sep, 2020
This report highlights strategies six charter schools (located in the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland, and North Carolina) are using to provide arts education to… Read More
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Charter School Facility Refinancing Guide & Toolkit

Toolkits Elise Balboni, Bluum, The Charter… 01 Sep, 2020
An in-depth, step-by-step facilities loan refinancing guide for charter school operators and accompanying planning toolkit.
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A Tale of Two Grantees: How AppleTree Institute and Hiawatha Academies Are Using CSP Funds to Make a Difference in Their Communities

Webinar 29 Jul, 2020 - 29 Jul, 2020
How have CMOs expanded and replicated high-quality schools? The National Charter School Resource Center connected with leaders from AppleTree Institute and Hiawatha Academies to… Read More
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