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If you are looking for a toolkit to open a school in your state, please find your state's CSO (Charter Support Organization).
Featured Opening and Expanding Resources
Preparation for Replication: Case Study of AECI
Four Domains for Significant and Sustainable Charter School Improvement: A Systems Framework for the Charter Context
SMART Objectives Toolkit
State Policy Snapshot: Facilities Funding for Public Charter Schools
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Charter Accountability For District-Run Schools: Using ESSA to Create Contract-Based Accountability for Urban Public Education
ReportsAndy Smarick, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools 13 Oct, 2016
The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), gives states the opportunity to rethink their K-12 accountability systems. Gone are No Child Left Behind’s (NCLB) tight… 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
Webinar: I Just Joined a Charter School Board ... Now What?
Event15 Sep, 2016
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016
Time: 1:00pm - 2:15pm (ET)
Presenters: Charter Board Partners – Shereen Williams, Chief of Governance and Recruitment Strategy; and Debbie Lister,… Read more
7 Tenets for Sustainable School Turnaround
ReportsScott Sargrad, Samantha Batel, Karen Hawley Miles, and Karen Baroody; Center for American Progress13 Sep, 2016
To this end, in January 2016, the Center for American Progress and Education Resource Strategies, or ERS—a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving urban schools—brought together… Read more
How to Start a Charter School in Ohio
ToolkitsOhio Department of Education Community Schools13 Sep, 2016
Every state has its own specific laws detailing how to open a charter school. To find out more about the process in Ohio, click "View Resource" above.
Webinar: Rural Charter Schools - Building Bridges
Event01 Sep, 2016
Webinar Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Webinar Time: 1:00pm - 2:15pm (ET)
Description: This webinar will highlight charter schools in rural America, focus on the role of charter schools… Read more
Herding Cats: Managing Diverse Charter School Interests in Collaboration Efforts
ReportsSean Gill, Sarah Yatsko, Robin Lake, Center for Reinventing Public Education01 Aug, 2016
More than 23 cities have signed District-Charter Collaboration Compacts— formal agreements between school districts and charter schools that aim to share resources and responsibility and… Read more
White Paper: An Honest Approach to Discipline
ReportsDC Public Charter School Board07 Jul, 2016
This white paper examines our approach to supporting decreased out-of-school suspension rates and highlights strategies put in place by three DC public charter school networks - Center City… Read more
What States Can Do to Promote District-Charter Collaboration
ReportsAlex Medler, Center on Reinventing Public Education30 Jun, 2016
Collaboration opens the door for charter and traditional public schools to share ideas, best practices, and buildings in ways that can make a real difference for schools and students. This… Read more
Indianapolis Mayor’s Office
Case Study05 May, 2016
In 2001, at the urging of then-Mayor Bart Peterson, the Indiana legislature approved a law making Indianapolis the first U.S. city where the mayor can authorize charter schools. The… Read more