Since 2005, the National Alliance has advocated for high-quality public charter school laws. With the support of a working group with deep expertise in public charter school law, we released a model charter law in 2009 with 20 essential components focused on creating and supporting high-quality public charter schools. After we released the model charter law,… Continue reading Assessing the Increasing Strength of Charter Laws
High-quality charter schools and pre-K programs have shown tremendous potential to change the educational and life trajectories of low-income students. In combination, they could do even more to improve the odds for our nations most vulnerable youngsters. But current policy and practice in many states limit the ability of charter schools to offer state-funded pre-K… Continue reading Pre-K and Charter Schools: Where State Policies Create Barriers to Collaboration
In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Education issued updated guidance that expanded the circumstances under which charter schools receiving Charter Schools Program (CSP) funds may elect to use a weighted lottery in admissions. According to the guidance, charter schools receiving CSP funds may now use weighted lotteries to give slightly better chances for admission… Continue reading State Laws on Weighted Lotteries and Enrollment Practices
One of the biggest challenges to the continued expansion of public charter schools is the fact that many public charter school laws place the ultimate burden of obtaining and paying for facilities on public charter schools themselves. As a result, public charter school leaders struggle to find suitable and affordable facilities to house their growing… Continue reading State Policy Snapshot: Facilities Funding for Public Charter Schools
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
While legislative changes for public charter school funding and accountability in 2014 improved the ranking of several state laws in the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools’ sixth annual rankings report, our study shows the need for additional policy improvements across the nation, especially in the area of funding equity for public charter school students.… Continue reading Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, National Alliance President and CEO Nina Rees released the following statement in response to the release of a new report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Bellwether Education, titled The Road to Redemption: Ten Policy Recommendations for Ohios Charter School Sector: “We commend the Fordham Institute and Bellwether on the release… Continue reading National Alliance Commends the Fordham Institute and Bellwether Education on Report Focused on Improving Charter School Quality in Ohio
The Health of the Public Charter School Movement: A State-by-State Analysis is a companion to the National Alliance’s annual rankings of state charter school laws. This new annual report uses 11 different measures to determine how well a state’s charter schools are performing, innovating, and growing. As we have learned, it is not enough to… Continue reading Health of the Public Charter School Movement: A State-By-State Analysis
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