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Better Choices: Charter Incubation As a Strategy for Improving the Charter School Sector

This December 2011 policy brief from the Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute discusses the use and means of supporting local incubator organizations designed to develop high-quality charter schools, charter networks, and school leaders.

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Evaluation Report: Charter Schools in Minnesota

This evaluation, prepared by Minnesota's Office of the Legislative Auditor, examined student performance in charter schools in Minnesota and questions related to the oversight and accountability of charter schools. The authors review their key findings and make several recommendations to improve the oversight provided by charter school governing boards and charter school authorizers in Minnesota.

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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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Exploring Success in the Charter Sector

This 2008 report presents findings from exploratory case studies of six charter schools identified due to their reported success educating children with disabilities. The case studies were exploratory in nature, documenting what charter schools are offering children with disabilities. Selected schools were perceived to be innovative or particularly successful with children with disabilities.
 

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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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Volunteers of America of Minnesota Charter School Sponsorship Program

A U.S. Department of Education profile of the first nonprofit in the nation to become a charter school authorizer, which focuses on developing education options that fill a targeted void.