National Charter Schools Week

Today the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) announced it will give the prestigious Charter Schools Lifetime Achievement Award to U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), as part of continued celebrations during National Charter Schools Week.

Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) is honoring 10 charter schools from across America with inaugural Above and Beyond Awards as part of celebrations for National Charter Schools Week (May 10 -16).

Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) kicks off National Charter Schools Week (May 10-16) celebrating the nearly 7,500 public charter schools and campuses across the nation.

The National Alliance has challenged ourselves this year to reimagine the education that attendees get at the 2019 National Charter Schools Conference with new initiatives to enhance the conference experience and embrace the theme: “Reimagining Education.”

The theme of this year’s National Charter School Conference is “Reimagining Education” and in June our greater charter school family will gather from across the nation to hear how each of us are doing just this. 

Charter schools have always enjoyed bipartisan support from elected officials from all levels of government. During National Charter Schools Week, we celebrate the champions of the charter school movement.

Middle school principal at Tulsa Honor Academy explains how the school puts scholars first—always.

Taken together, it is easy to say that, on average, charter schools are doing what they set out to do—improving educational opportunities for students.

The National Alliance's Nathan Barrett, Ph.D., explains why research designs for studies looking into charter school student outcomes look a little different than studies that look squarely at district school students or all public school students.