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Category: Startup and Development

Guidebook to Success for NYC Charter Schools, Charter School Planning: the Application Process and School Creation, NYC Center for Charter School Excellence

The Colorado Charter School Handbook: A Guide for Starting and Operating a Charter School, Colorado Department of Education

Oregon Charter Handbook, 2006

Maryland Charter School Founder's Manual, Joni Berman and Jeffrey Lischin, Maryland Charter School Network, December 2005

Charter Design/Drafting Tool Kit, Edition 8, Charter School Development Center, September 2005

New Mexico Charter School Handbook, New Mexico Public Education Department Alternative Education, August 2005

Challenges of Starting and Operating Charter Schools: A Multi-Case Study, Carolyn Sullins and Gary Miron, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, March 2005

Charter School Founder's Manual, Jeffrey Lischin, February 2005

Utah Charter School Handbook, U.S. Department of Education, 2005

Sustainable School Improvement: Making Good Choices, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Learning Point Associates, 2004

Illinois Charter School Developers Handbook, Illinois, 2003

Charter Starters Leadership Training Workbook 1: Strategic Advice for Applicants, Joyce Ley, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, July 1999
This workbook covers start-up undertakings including drafting a charter, creating a vision and mission, navigating the application process, acquiring facilities, allocating resources, and contracting for services.

What it Takes: Starting a Charter School, Don Klein, JoAnn Izu, Kyo Yamashiro, Policy Support & Studies Program and West Ed
This online case study of Leadership High School in San Francisco, California aims to capture the key strategies and day-to-day challenges in starting and running a charter school from scratch.

The Charter School Workbook: Your Roadmap to the Charter School Movement, The Center for Education Reform, September 1997
This guide provides information on opening and operating charter schools, legislative issues, research, and obstacles and successes.

So You Want to Start a Charter School: Strategic Advice for Applicants, UW/RAND Program on Reinventing Public Education, Charter Schools Development Center, October 1996
This booklet offers suggestions to a successful charter school startup based on the thoughts of experts during a 2-day workshop.

How Community-Based Organizations Can Start Charter Schools, Frank Martinelli, Center for Public Skills Training

Hypothetical Charter School Start Up Budget, California School Development Center
This start-up budget is designed to stimulate discussions on what constitutes the real costs of opening a charter school.

Idaho Charter School Network, Idaho Charter School Network
This manual is intended for use by charter school planning groups and the boards of charter schools already in operation. School district boards may also find it helpful in learning about charter schools and the process by which they are authorized.

New Orleans Charter School Manual, New Schools for New Orleans