Charter Schools

Implementing key practices well influences whether charter school authorizers approve strong applicants and close underperforming schools, says this annual report from the National Association of C

The presence of multiple authorizers can strengthen a state’s charter school sector because this diversity can promote professional practices among authorizers and provide checks and balances in ch

The best charter school laws allow for multiple authorizers because states that do so have more and better charter schools, says this policy update from the Center for Education Reform.

This primer introduces the basics of Illinois charter schools and charter school authorizing.

This report from the National Council of State Legislatures gives a brief overview of how charter school authorizers work, the various entities states allow to authorize charter schools and their c

This Brookings Institution study reviews the authorization decisions of 50 randomly selected charter school authorizers to draw conclusions about how well authorizers supervise their schools.