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Austin (Texas) District-Charter Compact Report This is the Austin (Texas) District-Charter Compact involving the Austin Independent...	Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011 Report The National Charter School Research Project at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)...	Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws Report This January 2012 National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) report ranks and...
The Philadelphia Great Schools Compact (Charter-District Collaboration) Report This website section of The School District of Philadelphia includes a copy of Philadelphia's...	Comparison of the Charter School Programs Appropriations language for FY 10, 11, & 12 (Federal Funding) Report This document from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools provides a comparison over...	Broad Agency Announcement, NSA (MEPP), Grant Opportunity Report This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) sets forth research areas of interest to the National Security...

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Creating and Sustaining High-Quality Charter School Governing Boards Report This guide examines the laws, policies, and programs that states are using to create and sustain...	Creating an Effective Charter School Governing Board (Abridged) Toolkit This 2000 toolkit from the Charter Friends National Network outlines the steps required to create...	Charter School Governing Board Training Handbook Toolkit The purpose of this guide is to equip present and future board members with the knowledge they need...
Developing Training Programs for Charter School Governing Board Members: A Promising Practice Profile Brief Through examination of innovative practices in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Minnesota, this guide...	Center for Charter Schools Offers 'Board Gear' Toolkit Developed by the Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University, this online resource...	A Cost Estimation Tool for Charter Schools Toolkit The National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance provides this tool to help...

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