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Published: June 2011

Successful 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:

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Author: U.S. Department of Education | Published: December 2011

Summaries of State Charter School Facility Laws

Only a few states have passed laws to provide charter schools with support for facilities. The U.S. Department of Education developed this webpage to provide links to laws in four states that have received State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants.

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Author: Maria C. Sazon, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | Published: April 2011

Making Room for New Public Schools: How Innovative School Districts are Learning to Share Public Education Facilities with Charter Schools

Through a combination of policy analysis and interviews with key stakeholders, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools produced this April 2011 report on charter schools that were able to secure vacant public school facilities from their local districts. The report concludes with a series of best practices recommendations based on the profiles.

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Author: U.S. Department of Education | Published: March 2010

Making Charter School Facilities More Affordable: State-Driven Policy Approaches

This 2008 U.S. Department of Education report profiles policy interventions by eight states and the District of Columbia intended to help charter schools address facilities challenges, including dedicated funding streams and ways to help charter school operators access low-cost financing for facility needs.

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