The National Alliance advocates for the growth and expansion of high-quality charter schools. While we believe it is important to foster the growth of charter schools achieving great academic results for students, it is equally important to close charter schools that are not improving student outcomes. We are pleased to see that over the past… Continue reading Automatic Closure of Low-Performing Public Charter Schools, April 2015
Accountability is one of the central values of the public charter school concept. To date, most attention from policymakers and other education leaders has focused on school-level accountability. However, as more states have come to appreciate the essential role of public charter school authorizers in a quality public charter school movement, policymakers are increasingly recognizing… Continue reading Holding Public Charter School Authorizers Accountable: State Experiences and Policy Recommendations
One of the greatest challenges to the health of the public charter school movement is access to adequate facilities in which the schools operate. Public charter school facilities are rarely funded on par with school district facilities. Over the years, more states have come to realize that they have an obligation to ensure that all… Continue reading State Policy Snapshot: School District Facilities and Public Charter Schools
Several national education organizations filed an amicus brief with the Washington State Supreme Court urging the court to uphold the states voter-approved 2012 charter school law. The brief, submitted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Black Alliance for Education Options, and the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, explains the history,… Continue reading Washington State Supreme Court Amicus Brief
At the National Alliance, we are working to ensure that public charter schools are equitably funded and that charter schools have appropriate access to the legal system to ensure equality. To support these charter school efforts, we are releasing this issue brief titled Toward an Equitable Future: Charter Schools and School-Funding Litigation. The brief provides… Continue reading Toward an Equitable Future: Charter Schools and School-Funding Litigation
This issue brief presents a meaningful strategy for how charter school boards can hire top-notch, well-suited leaders for their schools. Written by Mollie Mitchell, founder and president of The K12 Search Group, this brief is a how-to guide for managing the process of bringing on a new charter school leader. As Ms. Mitchell notes, the… Continue reading Assess, Coordinate, Execute: How to ACE an Executive Director Search
Written by Public Impacts Joe Ableidinger and Bryan C. Hassel, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools issue brief, Free to Lead: Autonomy in Highly Successful Charter Schools, identifies seven distinct ways autonomy impacts operational and academic performance at five highly successful charter schools. Autonomy has long been regarded as crucial to charter school success… Continue reading Free to Lead: Autonomy in Highly Successful Charter Schools
Parental demand for high-performing public charter schools is going unmet in 25 states and the District of Columbia, where some type of limit, or cap, is constraining charter school growth. According to an Issue Brief released today by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (Alliance), while some states have made progress in amending their… Continue reading Peeling the Lid Off State-Imposed Charter School Caps
A growing body of research is producing encouraging news about the performance of Hispanic students in public charter schools.
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