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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools, Part 2: The Roles and Perspectives of Charter School Leaders and Board Members
Reports04 Oct, 2021
Although school failure and school improvement are complex challenges that look different in different contexts, patterns and trends associated with schools in distress are emerging. This… Read more
Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools Part 1: The Role and Perspective of Charter School Authorizers
Reports21 Sep, 2020
Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools labels and categorizes the indicators of distress that authorizers encounter as a school’s quality begins to decline. This report can… Read more
Charter School Turnaround at University Preparatory Schools
Case Study26 Sep, 2018
“College starts in kindergarten.” That is the motto of University Preparatory Schools (University Prep) public charter school network in Denver, CO, where scholars in grades K-5 visit 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
Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools
Reports24 Aug, 2017
For decades, communities across the country have grappled with the problem of public K-12 schools that do not deliver high-quality education to the students they serve. After more than a… Read more
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
2017 National Charter Schools Conference
Event11 Jun, 2017 to 14 Jun, 2017
The National Charter Schools Conference delivers exceptional learning and networking opportunities for every participant. With inspirational keynote speakers, more than 130 engaging… 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
7 Tenets for Sustainable School Turnaround
ReportsScott Sargrad, Samantha Batel, Karen Hawley Miles, and Karen Baroody; Center for American Progress13 Sep, 2016
To this end, in January 2016, the Center for American Progress and Education Resource Strategies, or ERS—a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving urban schools—brought together… Read more
DC Public Charter School Board
Case Study14 Apr, 2016
The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) recently visited the DC Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) to learn about its authorizing process, and more specifically, to… Read more
Chartering Turnaround: Leveraging Public Charter School Autonomy to Address Failure
ReportsJulie Corbett, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools12 Aug, 2015
Persistently low-achieving public schools around the country have received $5.8 billion from the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, in addition to districts and state funds,… Read more