Resources Filtered by: Understanding Charter Schools

This 2004 report from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement discusses elements of effective charter schools and provides profiles of eight charter schools:

This January 2013 report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools estimates the number of new charter schools that opened across the country and additional students for the 2012-13 school year and also includes the number of charter school closures. It includes state-by-state breakouts of data.

This 2011-12 Wisconsin Charter Schools Yearbook from the state’s Department of Public Instruction covers the history, operation, funding, and legal requirements of charter schools in the state. The number of charter school across the state grew from 17 in the 1997-98 school year to 232 in 2011-12, when 40 new charter schools opened. A list of schools, including brief descriptions, is provided.

This report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) profiles six charter schools that have “proved successful at closing the achievement gap for their largely African American and Latino student populations” and examines the different enrollment strategies at the schools, with some focused on underserved areas and others being more representative of their entire city.