All Operations and Compliance Resources

The Charter Connection - February 2023

Newsletters 02 Mar, 2023

As the nation celebrates Black History Month, the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) shares reflections from grantees of the Charter School Programs (CSP) on what it… Read More

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How 2017-2019 State Entity Grantees Are Using Technical Assistance Set-Aside Funds

Reports 10 Feb, 2022

Charter School Programs (CSP) State Entity (SE) grantees are required to use at least 7% of their CSP funding to provide technical assistance (TA) to subgrant applicants and … Read More

Grants Management Operations and Compliance State Education Agency

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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Disseminating Best Practices - A Primer for State Entity Grantees of the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter School Programs

Reports 14 Dec, 2021

State Entity (SE) grantees of the Charter School Programs are required to share best practices with charter schools and other public schools in their state as a component of their… Read More

Grants Management Operations and Compliance Communications State Education Agency

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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

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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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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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Monitoring Handbook for Developer Grantees - For FY18 and FY19 Grantees

Toolkits 21 Sep, 2021

Monitoring Handbooks explain the purpose of monitoring, the data collection process, program-specific monitoring indicators, and acceptable evidence. Monitoring Handbooks are… Read More

Grants Management Operations and Compliance Charter School Management Organizations

Monitoring Handbook for Charter Management Organization (CMO) Grantees - FY19 Grantees