The theme of this year's annual conference is Creativity and the Muse, with a focus on creativity and the “muses” (or…
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NCSRC Community Partnership Summer Chats
Event20 Jul, 2021 to 03 Aug, 2021
The National Charter School Resource Center will hold a three-part Summer Chat series to discuss our new publication, How Charter Schools Can Leverage Community Assets through Partnerships… 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
Planning for Family Engagement in the Charter School Life Cycle: A Toolkit for School Leaders
Toolkits23 Nov, 2020
Effective family engagement is an intentional and systematic partnership of educators, families, and community members who share the responsibility for a student’s preparation for school,… 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
Partnership Schools: New Governance Models for Creating Quality School Options in Districts
ReportsRobin Lake01 Oct, 2017
In at least 10 U.S. cities, a new partnership schools model is emerging. This “third way” governance strategy can break through contentious district-charter divides and could help improve… Read more
Better Together: Ensuring Quality District Schools in Times of Charter Growth and Declining Enrollment
ReportsRobin Lake01 Sep, 2017
CPRE’s report finds that most major school districts have not taken advantage of crucial opportunities to reduce costs as their enrollment has decreased. School districts must learn to make… Read more
2017 Annual SC Public Charter School Conference
Event14 Nov, 2017 to 16 Nov, 2017
The SC Public Charter School Conference is the place where charter school peers to come together to exchange ideas on how to strengthen our collective missions and create real and lasting… Read more
2017 NACSA Leadership Conference
Event16 Oct, 2017 to 18 Oct, 2017
The annual NACSA Leadership Conference is the only national conference dedicated to quality charter school authorizing.
The conference’s audience consists of charter school authorizers from… Read more
School Culture, State Education Agency, Authorizing, Charter School Management Organizations, Communications, School Community Development, Military, Teacher and Principal Effectiveness, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement, Policy Maker, Policy, Increasing Achievement, Leadership
New Jersey Charter Schools Conference
Event17 Oct, 2017 to 18 Oct, 2017
The Annual New Jersey Charter Schools Conference is the only annual professional development conference of its kind dedicated to bringing together the entire New Jersey charter school… Read more
School Culture, State Education Agency, Authorizing, Charter School Management Organizations, Communications, School Community Development, Military, Teacher and Principal Effectiveness, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement, Policy Maker, Policy, Increasing Achievement, Leadership
Louisiana Charter Schools Conference
Event13 Dec, 2017 to 14 Dec, 2017
Join us for the 10th Annual Louisiana Charter Schools Conference, the only statewide conference in Louisiana dedicated to bringing together charter school educators, experts, and advocates… Read more
Innovative Instruction, School Culture, Starting a Charter School, State Education Agency, Authorizing, Blended and Online Learning, Charter School Management Organizations, Communications, School Community Development, Turn-around, At-Risk Students, Military, Replication, Teacher and Principal Effectiveness, District-Charter collaboration, Educators, STEM, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement, Teacher Training and PD, National and State Policies, Policy Maker, Opening and Expanding, Policy, Increasing Achievement, Leadership