All Board Governance Resources

When Your Reputation Precedes You

Webinar 01 Feb, 2022 - 01 Feb, 2022

NCSRC hosted an interactive webinar, titled “When Your Reputation Precedes You,” to help charter school leaders identify issues regarding their school’s reputation and how failing… Read More

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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: A School Leader and Board Member Master Class

Learning Module 09 Nov, 2021

This asynchronous learning experience is designed to help charter school leaders and governing board members leverage NCSRC’s Indicators of Distress research in their own context… Read More

Policy Board Governance Increasing Achievement Operations and Compliance Leadership Charter School Management Organizations

Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: An Authorizer Master Class

Learning Module 09 Nov, 2021

This asynchronous learning experience is designed to help charter school authorizers leverage NCSRC’s Indicators of Distress research in their own practices. These two… Read More

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Preparing, Preventing, and Responding to Stave Off Distress in Charter Schools

Webinar 27 Oct, 2021 - 27 Oct, 2021

NCSRC hosted an interactive webinar to support charter school leaders and board members in applying the findings from the report Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter… Read More

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Capacity-Building Guide for Founding Native American Charter Schools

Toolkits 07 Oct, 2021

Charter schools are a viable option for Native American tribal communities to engage in and support sovereignty and self-determination in education. The charter model affords the… Read More

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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools, Part 2: The Roles and Perspectives of Charter School Leaders and Board Members

Reports 04 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… Read More

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The Charter Connection - August 2021

Newsletters 24 Aug, 2021

English Learners (ELs) were tremendously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and require special consideration as schools prepare for a new year. From the fallout of the digital… Read More

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Identifying Distress in Charter Schools: A Workshop for Authorizers and State Departments of Education

Webinar 17 Jun, 2021 - 17 Jun, 2021

NCSRC hosted an interactive webinar, titled “When Your Reputation Precedes You,” to help charter school leaders identify issues regarding their school’s reputation and how failing… Read More

Policy Board Governance Increasing Achievement Operations and Compliance Leadership Charter School Management Organizations Educators

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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: Tools to Support Authorizer Data Collection

Toolkits 01 Jun, 2021

This toolkit is a self-guided resource for authorizers to identify indicators of distress, audit their current data collection methods for evaluating indicators of distress, and… Read More

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A Synthesis of Research on Charter School Facilities

Reports 06 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

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