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Educator Diversity Matters: Strategies for Charter Leaders to Recruit, Hire, and Sustain Teachers of Color
Reports29 Nov, 2022
Research shows that all students benefit from having a diverse group of teachers from a variety of backgrounds. Students experience notable educational impacts in schools where they have… Read more

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

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

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

Charter School Boards in the Nation’s Capital
ReportsJuliet Squire and Allison Crean Davis30 Sep, 2016
Tens of thousands of individuals across the United States volunteer their time, energy, and expertise as members of charter school boards. Yet as the charter sector has grown, we’ve learned… 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