The A+ Education Partnership has listed a variety of resources on public charter schools. According to A+: " Charter Schools are independent public schools. Typically, they are given flexibility from the outset to design programs to improve student learning, and in exchange, they agree to specific accountability goals that are determined as part of their 'charter' with their authorizer.  Charter schools are open-enrollment schools that must take any student who wants to attend, and they must adhere to federal laws regarding civil rights, discrimination, accountability, etc. In order to operate, a charter school must be granted a 'charter,' or contract, through a school system's local board of education or state-level authorizer."

TOPICS INCLUDE

• What are charter schools?
• Basic Information on Public Charter Schools
• Research on Public Charter Schools
• Initial Resources for Developing High-Performing Public Charter Schools in Alabama
• Public Charter Schools: The Fundamentals
• Separating Fact & Fiction: What You Need to Know About Charter Schools
• Estimated Number of Public Charter Schools & Students, 2014-15
• Ten Things You Should Know About Charter Schools
• The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature
• National Charter School Study 2013
• Press Release and Summary
• Enhancing Teacher Leadership in Charter Schools
• Incubating High-Quality Charter Schools: Innovations in City-Based Organizations
• Issue Brief - The Color of Success: Black Student Achievement in Public Charter Schools
• Measuring up to the Model: A Tool for Comparing State Charter School Law
• A New Model Law for Supporting the Growth of High-Quality Public Charter Schools
• Thinking Outside of the Charter Funding Box: Leveraging partnerships, programming, and creativity to secure grants.
• Issue Brief - How Do Charter Schools Get the Teachers They Want?
• Free to Lead: Autonomy in Highly Successful Charter Schools
• The Answer Key: How to Plan, Develop and Finance Your Charter School Facility