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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools Part 1: The Role and Perspective of Charter School Authorizers
Indicators of Distress and What They Mean in the Charter Sector: A Webinar for Charter Sector Stakeholders Introducing…
The Death Spiral: Identifying Early Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools (A Conversation with Authorizers)
Critical Questions and Steps for Leaders to Reduce or End School-Based Policing
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Capacity-Building Guide for Founding Native American Charter Schools
Toolkits07 Oct, 2021
Charter schools are a viable option for Native American tribal communities to engage in and support sovereignty and self-determination in education. The charter model affords the… Read more
Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools, Part 2: The Roles and Perspectives of Charter School Leaders and Board Members
Reports04 Oct, 2021
Although school failure and school improvement are complex challenges that look different in different contexts, patterns and trends associated with schools in distress are… Read more
Monitoring Handbook for State Entity (SE) Grantees - 2020–21 Monitoring Cycle for FY18 Grantees
Toolkits21 Sep, 2021
Monitoring Handbooks explain the purpose of monitoring, the data collection process, program-specific monitoring indicators, and acceptable evidence. Monitoring Handbooks are… Read more
SEA SE Grantee Symposium
Webinar 08 Sep, 2021 to 08 Sep, 2021
NCSRC hosted a two-day symposium focused on grants management for State Education Agency (SEA) grantees in the State Entity (SEP) CSP grant program. The first day explored… Read more
The Charter Connection - August 2021
Newsletters24 Aug, 2021
Back-to-School Supports for English Learners
English Learners (ELs) were tremendously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and require special consideration as schools prepare for a… Read more
Understanding High-Impact Monitoring Findings for SE Grantees
Webinar 21 Jul, 2021 to 21 Jul, 2021
This webinar featured CSP, NCSRC, and WestEd representatives in discussion about monitoring findings within the State Entity (SE) grant program.
Topics of discussion included:
An… Read more
Non-SEA SE Grantee Symposium
Webinar 14 Jul, 2021 to 15 Jul, 2021
NCSRC held a two-day symposium focused on grantee sharing, lessons learned, grants management, and problems of practice. This event was intended for grantees of the CSP State… Read more
Checklist for Peer Review Plan Elements: A Resource for CSP State Entity Grantees
Toolkits13 Jul, 2021
CSP state entity (SE) grantees must use a peer review process to review and award subgrantee applications for assistance for high-quality charter schools. An SE’s approach to… Read more
Checklist for Subgrantee Monitoring: A Resource for CSP State Entity Grantees
Toolkits13 Jul, 2021
SE grantees are expected to regularly perform subgrantee monitoring to ensure proper implementation of subgrant projects and subgrantee use of funds. This checklist is intended as… Read more
Identifying Distress in Charter Schools: A Workshop for Authorizers and State Departments of Education
Webinar 17 Jun, 2021 to 17 Jun, 2021
NCSRC hosted an interactive workshop to support authorizers and state departments of education in using its Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: Tools to Support… Read more