Public Charter Schools and Native Students: Details from the National Alliance Data
This brief provides the latest data available from our database of public charter schools serving Native youth based on geographic location and population.
Amicus Brief with the Supreme Court of Mississippi in Support of Charter School Students’ Right to Access State and Local Education Funding
The National Alliance submitted an amicus brief to the Mississippi State Supreme Court in support of appellees in case regarding public charter school students’ right to access state and local education funding.
Hosting A Successful Legislative School Visit: A "How-To" Toolkit
Building long-term relationships with your elected officials can be a game changer for your school and the charter school community. This toolkit offers guidance on planning a visit and includes sample materials.
Lessons Learned from Around the Country: Unified Enrollment
This report provides an overview of how unified enrollment systems have been designed and implemented in six cities with a review of the available outcome-related research.
National Charter School Management Overview, 2016-17
This brief provides updated statistics on the management structure for every charter school in the country while also providing additional analyses along a number of key dimensions.
2017 Annual Report
The National Alliance is proud of what we accomplished on behalf of students in 2017, and we hope you are invigorated to help us reach even greater milestones in 2018 and the years to come.
Strengthening Federal Investment in Charter School Facilities
This paper examines what can be done at the federal level to provide additional resources to charter schools to access school buildings, and to create incentives for states to address inequities in the allocation and funding of buildings.
Unionized Charter Schools, 2016-17
This report looks at trends in unionized charter schools across the country.
Pensions Under Pressure: Charter Innovation in Teacher Retirement Benefits
Charter schools are finding innovative solutions to state teacher pension plan concerns that could be applied to the broader teacher labor market.
Estimated Public Charter School Enrollment 2017-18
In 2017-18, more than 7,000 charter schools enroll nearly 3.2 million students. National charter school enrollment increased by more than 150,000 students between fall 2016 and fall 2017—a five percent increase.
Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, 2018
Each year, we rank states on how their charter school laws align to our model law.
A Growing Movement: America’s Largest Public Charter School Communities, Twelfth Edition
Over the past 12 years, public charter school enrollment has tripled in response to the growing demands for high-quality public school options.