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Creating Communities of Care: A Workshop to Design Supports for Student and Staff Well-Being and Mental Health
Webinar20 Oct, 2022 to 20 Oct, 2022
NCSRC's event "Creating Communities of Care: A Workshop to Design Supports for Student and Staff Well-Being and Mental Health" featured new tools to help better support your school… Read more

Building a Positive School Climate Through Restorative Practices
ReportsLearning Policy Institute18 Apr, 2021
This publication by the Learning Policy Institute reviews research that illustrates the benefits of restoratice discipline practices, rather than exclusionary discipline practices, and how… 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 process using… Read more

Deep Community Engagement at the Native American Community Academy (NACA)
Case Study15 Feb, 2018
Students who attend the Native American Community Academy (NACA) demonstrate academic achievement, proficiency, retention, graduation, and college attendance rates that far outpace their… Read more
Webinar: Tracking Outcomes Beyond School
Webinar17 Aug, 2017
Facilitator: Alex Medler,Senior Director, National Charter Schools Resource Center
Presenters:
Benjamin Feit, Vice President of Strategy and Chief of Staff, Democracy Prep Public Schools… Read more

Valor Collegiate Academies: Charter Schools Intentionally Designed to Serve Diverse Students and Families
Case Study15 Dec, 2016
As public schools of choice, charter schools can implement a school model that aims to recruit, enroll, serve, and maintain a diverse student body while being held accountable for student… Read more

Grappling With Discipline in Autonomous Schools: New Approaches From D.C. and New Orleans
ReportsBetheny Gross, Sivan Tuchman, Sarah Yatsko, Center for Reinventing Public Education13 Jun, 2016
This report profiles leading efforts by two cities to bring consistency and fairness to discipline practices in both district and charter schools—with promising early results:
Washington, D… Read more

Authorizers Are Not Monolithic on School Discipline: How Charter School Authorizers Differ in School Discipline Engagement
ReportsNational Association of Charter Schools Authorizers15 Aug, 2016
In theory, authorizers play an important role in decisions regarding charter schools and student discipline, as they are the bodies responsible for protecting the public interest, while… 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

Charter School Discipline: Examples of Policies and School Climate Efforts from the Field
ReportsNora Kern, Suzie Kim, Safal Partners28 Jun, 2016
The report profiles four charter schools with innovative approaches to discipline: Health Sciences High and Middle College, KIPP Bay Area Schools, New Orleans College Prep Network, and Rowe… Read more