Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Law, 2016
2015 has proved to be another active year for charter school legislation across the country with significant activity regarding potential enabling legislation in several of the states without charter public school laws.
Palm Beach School District Amicus Brief
The National Alliance joined partners in the state of Florida to support the State Board of Education's reversal of the Palm Beach School Districts' denial of a charter school application.
A Growing Movement: Americas Largest Charter School Communities, Tenth Edition
In this report, the National Alliance collected public school enrollment data for the 2014-15 school year to identify communities across the country where the highest proportions of students were enrolled in charter public schools.
Getting Lost While Trying to Follow the Money
Tracking the special education dollars that support services for students with disabilities attending public schools is complicated; attempting to track the funds to autonomous public charter schools is even more so.
2015 State Legislative Session Highlights for Public Charter Schools
2015 has proved to be another successful year for public charter school legislation across the country.
Automatic Closure of Low-Performing Public Charter Schools, April 2015
This state policy snapshot provides an overview of automatic closure policies in the 15 states that have such laws in 2015, which is an increase of four states since we last released this snapshot in 2014.
Assessing the Increasing Strength of Charter Laws
The purpose of this report is to sync ratings from the multiple rankings reports to reflect changes in policy, not changes to our scoring rubrics and clarifications about existing policies.
Separation of Church and School: Guidance for Public Charter Schools Using Religious Facilities
This report is a guidebook to help charter school leaders and the advocates, attorneys, and others who support them navigate the increasingly complicated legal landscape surrounding public charter school use of a facility owned or operated by a religious organization
Chartering Turnaround: Leveraging Public Charter School Autonomy to Address Failure
The report provides case studies of three charter management organizations (CMOs) that have successfully restarted low-achieving public schools.
Pre-K and Charter Schools: Where State Policies Create Barriers to Collaboration
This comprehensive study points to state policies that create restrictions for collaboration between charter schools and pre-K, and also offers policy recommendations at the federal and state levels to improve the climate for high-quality charter schools to offer pre-K.
State Laws on Weighted Lotteries and Enrollment Practices
This paper is intended to offer a state-by-state analysis of whether weighted lotteries are permitted or may be permitted under current guidance from the Department of Education.
The Hidden Connection in City-wide Reform: How Charter Schools Can Bring Equity to Public Education
This is the untold story of New Orleans education reform and it is a story that holds lessons for cities across the country, particularly those cities seeking recovery district-type reform.