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Four Domains for Significant and Sustainable Charter School Improvement: A Systems Framework for the Charter Context
Shifting to At-Home Learning
SMART Objectives Toolkit
The State of the Charter Sector: What You Need to Know About the Charter Sector Today
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Student Achievement in Charter Schools: What the Research Shows
ReportsNCSRC06 May, 2015
The charter sector has grown dramatically since its beginnings in Minnesota almost a quarter of a century ago. Today, an estimated 2.5 million children attend approximately 6,400 charter… Read more
The Status of Charter Schools in Texas
ReportsChildren At Risk27 Apr, 2015
Children languish in poor-performing charter schools, while the outstanding charters have waiting lists into the hundreds if not thousands. When all charters schools are analyzed together,… Read more
On Top of the World: Public Charter Schools and International Benchmarking, 2013-2014
Reports31 Mar, 2015
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools believes a key way to make our schools globally competitive is by allowing schools to adopt innovative practices that lead to higher… Read more
Urban Charter School Study Report on 41 Regions 2015
ReportsCenter for Research on Education Outcomes20 Mar, 2015
This report presents an investigation conducted by CREDO over the past two years. We examined charter school performance in urban areas, driven by our ongoing effort to identify successful… Read more
Virtual Schools in the US 2015
ReportsNEPC19 Mar, 2015
Virtual education continues to be a focal point for policymakers interested in expanding education choices and improving the efficiency of public education. In particular, full-time virtual… Read more
VIRTUAL SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. 2015: POLITICS, PERFORMANCE, POLICY, AND RESEARCH EVIDENCE
ReportsNational Education Policy Center01 Mar, 2015
Virtual education continues to be a focal point for policymakers interested in expanding education choices and improving the efficiency of public education. In particular, full-time virtual… Read more
Is the Quality of Charter School Facilities Related to Student Performance?
ReportsColorado League of Charter Schools & the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools20 Feb, 2015
This report details the effects of facilities in charters' student performance.
2014 Keeping Pace with K-12 Digital Learning
ReportsEvergreen Education Group 04 Feb, 2015
Digital learning is replacing the previous reference to online and blended learning. This seemingly small word change signifies a significant evolution in the landscape, and a major change… Read more
Digital Learning Report Card 2013
ReportsFoundation for Excellence in Education04 Feb, 2015
State policy can remove barriers to innovative approaches or it can stifle them with restrictions, red tape, and reinforcement of traditional, unsustainable approaches. It can accelerate… Read more
Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014 Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence
ReportsGreat Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice04 Feb, 2015
A comprehensive analysis of all proposed and enacted virtual school legislation in 50 states during the 2012 and 2013 legislative sessions enables tracking whether legislative trends… Read more