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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools Part 1: The Role and Perspective of Charter School Authorizers
Critical Questions and Steps for Leaders to Reduce or End School-Based Policing

Charting the Course to Equity: K-12 Leaders of Color and Student Success
A Tale of Two Grantees: How AppleTree Institute and Hiawatha Academies Are Using CSP Funds to Make a Difference in…
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Logic Model Toolkit: A Resource for Current and Prospective Grantees of Charter School Programs
Toolkits14 Apr, 2021
The Logic Model Toolkit is designed to help prospective and current Charter School Programs (CSP) grantees develop and revise logic models to guide project implementation and… Read more

Policy Framework for High-Quality Charter Authorizing Practices
Toolkits15 Mar, 2021
The State role in creating strong authorizing environments is critical. By legislating and creating State requirements in policy, States guide authorizers in using best practices… Read more

Special Education 101 for the Charter Sector
Webinar 11 Mar, 2021 to 11 Mar, 2021
One goal of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is to "Expand opportunities for students with disabilities (SWDs)... and other traditionally underserved students to attend… Read more

Measuring School Quality Using the A-GAME Philosophy
Webinar 24 Feb, 2021
This session was presented during the 2021 CSP Project Directors’ Meeting in February 2021.
Attendees joined representatives of the National Charter Schools Institute as they… Read more

How to Become a Rock Star Project Manager
Webinar 23 Feb, 2021
This session was presented during the 2021 CSP Project Directors’ Meeting in February 2021. Participants learned how to become a rock star project manager (and a steward of… Read more

Administering ED Grants
Webinar 23 Feb, 2021
This session was presented during the 2021 CSP Project Directors’ Meeting in February 2021. Grantees explored a risk-based approach to ensuring successful project outcomes, fiscal… Read more

What to Expect When Getting Monitored
Webinar 22 Feb, 2021
This session was presented during the 2021 CSP Project Directors’ Meeting in February 2021. The presenters shared with CSP grantees what they can expect when they are monitored by… Read more

Ten Things We Learned from Monitoring
Webinar 22 Feb, 2021
This session was presented during the 2021 CSP Project Directors’ Meeting in February 2021. The session shared all the lessons learned from monitoring of and data collection from… Read more

The Charter Connection - February 2021
Newsletters18 Feb, 2021
What's Happening
Here's what you may have missed from NCSRC in the past few months:
Assessing School Quality
This NCSRC tool can lead schools' data-driven school improvement… Read more

Charter Schools and Students Experiencing Homelessness: Practices and Recommendations for Success
ToolkitsSchoolHouse Connection11 Feb, 2021
The report is an explainer for charter schools of the McKinney-Vento Act, case studies highlighting best practices across charter schools and networks, and provides a library of… Read more