Charter Nevada

Overview

Designed for teachers, administrators, and those thinking about starting a charter school, Charter Nevada is a collection of resources regarding best practices on a variety of charter school topics.

To suggest a topic and/or resource please contact Rebecca Phipps, EPP.

Access and Equity

• Equity in Access to Charter Schools

Board of Directors

• I Just Joined a Charter School Board … Now What? (external link)
• Charter School Board’s Role in Oversight (external link)
• Recruitment for Governing Boards (external link)
• A User’s Guide to Fiscal Oversight: A Toolkit for Charter School Governing Boards (external link)
• Governance Best Practices for Highly Effective Charter School Boards (external link)

Charter Management Organizations / Education Management Organizations

• CMOs, Authorizers, and the Charter Schools Program (external link)

Curriculum and Instruction

• Cornville Regional Charter School: Personalized Learning (external link)

District-Charter Collaboration

• Injecting Charter School Best Practices into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Field Experiments (external link)
• Collision Course: Embracing Politics to Succeed in District-Charter Collaboration (external link)
• Bridging the District Charter Divide to Help More Students Succeed (external link)
• Passing Notes: Learning from Efforts to Share Instructional Practices Across District-Charter Lines (external link)

English Language Learners

• English Learner Resources (external link)

Establishing a Charter School

• Starting Strong: Best Practices in Starting a Charter School (external link)
• Be Clear about Purpose when Starting a Charter School (external link)
• New School Development: a Toolkit for Charter Support Organizations and charter School Founders (external link)
• Harvesting Success: Charter Schools in Rural America (external link)
• Successful Charter Schools (external link)

Facilities

• Charter School Facilities Financing Sources: Exploring Quality Opportunity Zones and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs (external link)
• Facilities Supports & the CSO’s Role in connecting Charter Schools to Resources (external link)

Family and Community Engagement

• Deep Community Engagement at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) (external link)

Finance

• Recommended Best Practices in Charter School Disclosure (external link)

General Best Practices

• What Works: Inside Model Charter Schools (external link)

Leadership

Mission

Organizational Capacity

• National Best Practices: Teacher Recruitment and Pipelines (external link)

Professional Development

• Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) (external link)

School Culture and Climate

• Intentionally Diverse Charter Schools (external link)
• Using Data to Create Positive School Climates and Discipline Practices in Charter Schools – National Research and Examples from the Field (external link)
• Case Study: Student Discipline and School Climate in Charter Schools (external link)
• Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (external link)

Social, Emotional, and Health Needs of Students

Special Education

• How Personalized learning Models can meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities: Thrive Public Schools Case Study (external link)
• Students with Disabilities Resources (external link)
• Special Education: Supporting Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools (external link)
• Case Study: Two Rivers (external link)

Student Performance and Assessment

• Tracking Outcome Beyond School (external link)