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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

The Charter Connection - March 2022
Newsletters01 Mar, 2022
A Message from the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter School Programs (CSP) Program Director, Dr. Anna Hinton
Every year as we approach the month of February, I inevitably find myself… Read more

Tribal School Leader Toolkit
PublicationNational Congress of American Indians01 Jan, 2018
The National Congress of American Indians has published a toolkit that provides resources to help tribal nations assess the state of education for Native American, Alaska Native, and… Read more

Got Justice? Creating and Sustaining an Equitable School Culture
ToolkitsDiverse Charter Schools Coalition01 Jul, 2021
This resource guide for PK–12 practitioners seeking tools to center anti-racism and refocus discussions of “problem behaviors" includes step-by-step processes and templates to evaluate and… Read more

NCSRC Summer Chat Series on Community Engagement
Webinar20 Jul, 2021 to 03 Aug, 2021
NCSRC held a series of three short "summer chats" inspired by the publication of our report, How Charter Schools Can Leverage Community Assets through Partnerships.
Like that publication,… Read more

How Charter Schools Can Leverage Community Assets through Partnerships
Reports16 Jun, 2021
Community partnerships empower charter schools by strengthening their capacity to serve the needs of students, families, and staff through deliberate partnerships with community-based… Read more

Charter Schools and Students Experiencing Homelessness: Practices and Recommendations for Success
ToolkitsSchoolHouse Connection11 Feb, 2021
The report is an explainer for charter schools of the McKinney-Vento Act, case studies highlighting best practices across charter schools and networks, and provides a library of resources… 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

Case Study: AppleTree
Case Study06 Apr, 2016
The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) recently observed a successful and expanding network of charter schools for three- and four-year-olds and documented findings in a… Read more

Differing Effects from Diverse Charter Schools: Uneven Student Selection and Achievement Growth in Los Angeles
ReportsUniversity of California, Berkeley14 Dec, 2015
The Los Angeles Unified School District hosts more charter schools than any system in the nation. After tracking more than 66,000 sampled students over a four-year period, these new… Read more