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"Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools" labels and…
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
Charting the Course to Equity: K-12 Leaders of Color and Student Success
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Intentionally Diverse Charter Schools: A Toolkit for Charter School Leaders
ToolkitsNora Kern, Safal Partners09 Jan, 2017
This toolkit is designed to help charter school leaders and their stakeholders design and implement intentionally diverse charter schools. It presents decisions and actions, along with… Read more
Bridging the District-Charter Divide to Help More Students Succeed
ReportsRobin Lake, Sarah Yatsko, Sean Gill, Alice Opalka01 Jan, 2017
Animosity between school districts and charter schools has been the norm since the nation’s first charter school opened in 1992, but that is now starting to change. In at least 35 urban… Read more
National Best Practices: Teacher Recruitment and Pipelines
ReportsNational Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Illinois Network of Charter Schools 21 Nov, 2016
This paper from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the Illinois Network of Charter Schools highlights seven core practices that are foundational to building a high-quality… Read more
CSO Master Class: Communications
Event20 Sep, 2016 to 21 Sep, 2016
Purpose: In order to ensure that families and stakeholders understand what charter schools are, CSOs must ensure that they are proactively sharing factual information in their… Read more
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2016
ReportsInstitute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics01 Aug, 2016
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups examines the educational progress and challenges students face in the United States by race/ethnicity. This report shows that… Read more
Charter School Discipline Toolkit: A Toolkit for Charter School Leaders
ToolkitsSuzie Kim, Safal Partners28 Jun, 2016
The NCSRC presents a toolkit on ways that school leaders can rethink student discipline and school climate. The five enabling factors in the planning and implementation of discipline reform… Read more
2016 National Charter Schools Conference
Event26 Jun, 2016 to 29 Jun, 2016
The National Alliance of Public Charter Schools will be open for session proposals at its 2016 conference in October 2015. More information at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCLcVZrkkig
Promising Practices: Intersection of Rapid Charter School Growth and Increased Accountability for Special Education Prompts Action: The Utah Strong Start Academy
ReportsNational Center for Special Education in Charter Schools02 May, 2016
Two distinct forces recently converged in Utah that led to the Board of Education office creating a training and mentoring program for new special education administrators and teachers:… Read more
Case Study: AppleTree
Case Study06 Apr, 2016
The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) recently observed a successful and expanding network of charter schools for three- and four-year-olds and documented findings in a… Read more
The Tennessee Achievement School District: Race, History, and The Dilemma of Public Engagement
ReportsJoshua L. Glazer and Cori Egan26 Feb, 2016
In this report, researchers at George Washington University focus primarily on the challenges the Achievement School District is seeing in garnering community support.