This annual event is sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association. The 2022 conference will feature speakers…
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Educator Diversity Matters: Strategies for Charter Leaders to Recruit, Hire, and Sustain Teachers of Color
Webinar12 Jan, 2023 to 12 Jan, 2023
NCSRC hosted a webinar in January 2023 titled "Educator Diversity Matters: Strategies for Charter Leaders to Recruit, Hire, and Sustain Teachers of Color" to help charter school leaders… Read more
Interdistrict Open Enrollment in Ohio: Participation and Student Outcomes
PublicationStéphane Lavertu and Deven Carlson06 Jun, 2017
The Interdistrict Open Enrollment in Ohio: Participation and Student Outcomes publication from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute is a first of its kind analysis conducted by Ohio State… Read more

New School Development: A Toolkit for Charter Support Organizations and Charter School Founders
ToolkitsThe National Charter School Resource Center10 Apr, 2018
The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) released a new toolkit to help Charter Support Organizations (CSOs) and charter school founders find key resources on opening a new… Read more

The Slowdown in Bay Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions
ReportsRobin Lake, Trey Cobb, Roohi Sharma, Alice Opalka29 Jan, 2018
This report shows the rate of new charter school growth has slowed significantly in recent years. The 2016-2017 school year marked the first time in at least 10 years when more Bay Area… Read more
Chicago’s Charter High Schools: Organizational Features, Enrollment, School Transfers, and Student Performance
Reports14 Nov, 2017
The study found that, on average, charter high schools in Chicago look similar to non-charter schools on some dimensions of organizational capacity and some measures of student performance… Read more

Stand-Out: A Guide to School Marketing
ToolkitsColorado League of Charter Schools01 Jan, 1970
For over 20 years, the Colorado League of Charters Schools has supported charter schools in the state — helping schools reach higher levels of student performance and overall success by… 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

Backfill in Charter High Schools: Practices to Learn From and Questions to be Answered
ReportsCRPE14 Aug, 2015
Backfill, or whether charter high schools fill open seats after initial enrollment, has become a contentious issue for those in and around the charter sector. Some have criticized urban… Read more

Headed for the Exits: Comparing Characteristics of Leavers from Charter Schools to Traditional Public Schools in Denver Public Schools
ReportsDr. Marcus Winters, Dr. Dick M. Carpenter, II, and Dr. Grant Clayton01 Jun, 2015
In this paper, we use student-level longitudinal data from a large urban school district with a growing and effective charter sector–Denver, Colorado–to expand upon recent research… Read more