This annual event is sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association. The 2022 conference will feature speakers…
Reports
The National Charter School Resource Center produces in-depth reports on a breadth of topics that are important to the charter school sector. Additionally, the NCSRC also gathers informative reports from supporting education organizations.

School Discipline and Engagement of Law Enforcement in Charter and Traditional Public Schools
ReportsCenter for Learner Equity10 Mar, 2021
This technical brief is part of an ongoing series that the Center for Learner Equity launched in 2015 that examines the enrollment and experiences of students with disabilities in… Read More

Strategies to Virtually Support and Engage Families of Young Children during COVID-19 (and Beyond)
ReportsManica F. Ramos, PhD, Tiffany Bamdad, & Chrishana M. Lloyd, PhD11 Jan, 2021
This brief offers an overview of four best practices and lessons learned from research and practice to assist caregivers and teachers with the transition to engaging families… Read More

Better Goals. More Learning. Using Student (re)Engagement Levels to Create Meaningful Goals and Measures
ReportsNational Charter Schools Institute 01 Jan, 2021
Accountability systems that rely on traditional measures, particularly since the beginning of the pandemic, have not consistently yielded useful data on student learning and… Read More

Expanding What Works: Practical Authorizing Policies to Promote Quality Growth
ReportsNational Association of Charter School Authorizers12 Nov, 2020
In this report, NACSA, together with the Charter School Growth Fund, examines and identifies the policies and authorizing practices that support the expansion and replication of… Read More

A Synthesis of Research on Charter School Facilities
Reports06 Oct, 2020
“A Synthesis of Research on Charter School Facilities” examines the current state of charter school access to facilities, including facility acquisition and ownership, and… 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 … Read More

The Arts in Charter Schools
ReportsCassandra Quillen, Education Commission of the States, Arts Education Partnership09 Sep, 2020
This report highlights strategies six charter schools (located in the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland, and North Carolina) are using to provide arts education to… Read More

Promising Practices Brief: Improving Student Engagement and Attendance During COVID-19 School Closures
ReportsInsight Policy Research and American Institutes for Research01 Jul, 2020
This promising practices brief explores the limited research on monitoring and promoting attendance and engagement during online learning and summarizes the practices used by a… Read More

Charter School Facilities: Emerging Trends
ReportsNational Charter School Resource Center23 Mar, 2020
This report covers national and regional trends impacting the current landscape of charter school facilities, and describes three ongoing trends:
Trend 1: Geographic and… Read More
Four Domains for Significant and Sustainable Charter School Improvement: A Systems Framework for the Charter Context
ReportsAimee Evan, Steve Canavero (WestEd)04 Feb, 2020
WestEd’s Four Domains for Significant and Sustainable Charter School Improvement builds on their Four Domains Framework for Rapid School Improvement, which has been used in more… Read More