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National Resource Center Publications

Welcome to the National Resource Center's Publications page. Below, you will find various resources that can help support charter school finance and governance.

State Policy Guides

State Policy Guides are intended to help state policymakers understand the charter school finance and governance legislative and policy landscape across the country, the range of approaches available to states, and the opportunities and constraints they present to strengthening charter school finance and governance.
  • Partnerships Between Charter Schools and Other Organizations
    As part of our series of state policy guides on charter school finance and governance topics, this guide focuses on partnerships and examines common policy options states are using to facilitate and restrict partnerships between charter schools and community, faith-based, and for-profit organizations.
  • Involving Teachers in Charter School Governance
    As part of our series of state policy guides on charter school finance and governance, this report focuses on involving teachers in charter school governance. The guide outlines the pros and cons of different policy options with illustrative examples from existing state law and practice.  It raises issues that state policymakers may want to consider related to teacher involvement in charter school governance and aims to help them identify approaches that best meet the needs of charter schools in their state.
  • Creating and Sustaining High-Quality Charter School Boards
    As part of our series of state policy guides on charter school finance and governance, this guide focuses on creating and sustaining high-quality charter school governing boards.  The guide is intended to help state policymakers understand the range of approaches available, and the challenges and opportunities these approaches pose for strengthening charter school governing boards. 

Strategy Guides

  • Coming early 2009

TA Tool Kits

  • Coming early 2009