National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Voting with Their Feet: A State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends

Voting with Their Feet: A State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends shows hundreds of thousands of families switched to charter schools during the first full school year of the pandemic.

The Federal Charter Schools Program: 2021 Annual Report

Our 2021 annual report includes the same explanation and history of the Charter Schools Program as the inaugural 2020 edition, with updated information about current grantees.

Fiscal Impact as a Factor in Charter Growth in Rhode Island

This report reviews the charter law in the state of Rhode Island to explain how the law eases, and in some cases eliminates, the financial effect of per-pupil funding that would leave a district school and follow the student to a charter school.

2020 Annual Report

Check out our annual report to see how the National Alliance helped charter schools respond to a historically challenging year.

Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, 2021

The National Alliance’s charter law rankings shed light on how well each state’s charter school law compares to our model law.

How Charter Schools Served Students During COVID-19 Closures

Almost immediately after schools closed due to the coronavirus outbreak in spring 2020, we saw anecdotal evidence that charter schools reacted quickly and served students well.

The Federal Charter Schools Program: 2020 Annual Report

The Charter Schools Program (CSP) is the nation’s only source of dedicated federal funding for the creation of public charter schools.

2019 Annual Report

The National Alliance accomplished a great deal for the charter school movement this past year, in spite of the tumultuous political landscape.

Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, 2020

The eleventh edition of the rankings report evaluates how well each state aligns its law to the model charter school law developed by the National Alliance to help states create legislation that supports the growth of high-quality charter schools.

2019 State Legislative Session Highlights for Charter Schools

Read our 2019 state legislative session highlights for a summary of the notable gains charter schools advocates made this year and the threats faced in hostile climates.