Texas Charter Schools

927 Charter Schools
399,712 Students in Charter Schools
1995 Year Legislation Passed
State Resources

Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2016
ReportsNational Alliance For Public Charter Schools20 Jan, 2016
2015 has proved to be another active year for charter public school legislation across the country. For starters, we saw significant activity regarding potential enabling… 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… Read more

On the Road to Better Accessibility, Autonomy, and Accountability: State Policy Analysis 2015
ReportsNational Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)08 Dec, 2015
Across America, there is much debate about charter schools. Some of that debate is about the existence of charter schools and whether there should be more or fewer of them. More… Read more

The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools
Reports Center on Reinventing Public Education01 Oct, 2015
The National Study of Online Charter Schools offers a rigorous analysis of the operations of online charter schools, their policy environments, and their impacts on student… Read more

Charter School Performance in Texas
ReportsCredo22 Jul, 2015
This report provides an in-depth examination of the results for charter schools in Texas. It is also an update to CREDO’s first analysis, also on the NCSRC. This report has two… Read more

How to Start a Charter School in Texas
ToolkitsTexas Charter School Association18 Feb, 2015
Every state has its own specific laws detailing how to open a charter school. To find out more about the process in Texas, click "view resource" above.
Alternative Strategies for Identifying High Performing Charter Schools in Texas
Lori L. Taylor & Paige Perez01 Jan, 2012
How do you identify a high-performing charter school? It is a crucially important policy question because any evaluation strategy that incorrectly identifies charter school… Read more

Inside Charter Schools: Unlocking Doors to Student Success
ReportsBetheny Gross, Center on Reinventing Public Education,14 Feb, 2011
This February 2011 report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington Bothell in Seattle finds that charter schools are using autonomy… Read more

The Walton Family Foundation Public Charter Startup Grants
AnnouncementsThe Walton Family Foundation 01 Jan, 1970
The Walton Family Foundation K-12 Education Program invests in organizations and programs that empower parents to choose among high-performing schools and insert competition into… Read more
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