National Charter School Resource Center

Resources & Research

Report A Mission to Serve: How Public Charter Schools are Designed to Meet the Diverse Demands of our Communities This report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) profiles six charter...	Report National Evaluation of Title III Implementation: Report on State and Local Implementation This May 2012 report was prepared by American Institutes for Research for the U.S. Department of...	Policy and Procedures 2012 Minnesota Education Law, Chapter 239, Changes Impacting Charter Schools This is Minnesota’s education law of 2012, which impacts charter schools....
Website SchoolsMovingUp: ELL Resources SchoolsMovingUp is a WestEd initiative that connects educators with resources on topics related to...	Toolkit Office for Civil Rights: Programs for English Language Learners The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has compiled a variety of resources to help educators better...	Website National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition website The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational...

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...	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...	Creating an Effective Charter School Governing Board (Abridged) Toolkit This 2000 toolkit from the Charter Friends National Network outlines the steps required to create...	A Cost Estimation Tool for Charter Schools Toolkit The National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance provides this tool to help...