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Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level

Reports David Griffith (Fordham Institute) 05 Jan, 2022

In this research report, the Fordham Institute analyzes how charter school enrollment influences broader student achievement trends in the surrounding metroplex. The analysis… Read More

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The Charter Connection - November 2021

Newsletters 18 Nov, 2021
2021 was full of challenges and triumphs for educators and students as many of you navigated the return to in-person school. In response, NCSRC spent 2021 digging deeper into our… Read More
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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: An Authorizer Master Class

Learning Module 09 Nov, 2021
This asynchronous learning experience is designed to help charter school authorizers leverage NCSRC’s Indicators of Distress research in their own practices. These two… Read More
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Doing What’s Best For Kids: Breakthrough’s Response to the Pandemic

Reports Rebeca Diaz 01 Jul, 2021
Breakthrough Public Schools received a CSP dissemination grant to share best practices related to facilities. When schools closed do to COVID, Breakthrough shifted practices to… Read More
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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: Tools to Support Authorizer Data Collection

Toolkits 01 Jun, 2021
This toolkit is a self-guided resource for authorizers to identify indicators of distress, audit their current data collection methods for evaluating indicators of distress, and… Read More
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The Charter Connection - February 2021

Newsletters 18 Feb, 2021
This NCSRC tool can lead schools' data-driven school improvement process using reflective and diagnostic questions to identify where they are in their journey to achieve success.… Read More
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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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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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Risk in Charter School Lending: Indicators of Distress and the Charter School Growth Fund’s Approach to Risk Management

Webinar 16 Sep, 2020 - 16 Sep, 2020
Charter school lenders make decisions every day about which schools to provide financial support to while weighing the risks associated with making those decisions. The purpose of… Read More
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The Death Spiral: Identifying Early Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools (A Conversation with Authorizers)

Webinar 09 Sep, 2020 - 09 Sep, 2020
plore the findings of NCSRC’s Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools report. They heard from their peers how to use the data they already collect to identify… Read More
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