About NACSA

Who We Are

Our Mission

NACSA advances and strengthens the ideas and practices of authorizing so students and communities—especially those who are historically under-resourced—thrive.

Our Beliefs

Our nation needs to provide better public schools to more children by:

  • Improving families’ access to quality schools
  • Providing educators the autonomy they need for schools to excel
  • Holding schools accountable for their performance

For charter schools to play a vital role in providing better public schools:

  • Quality authorizing is essential.
  • Authorizers must ensure access, autonomy, and accountability.
  • Authorizers must be responsible for the overall performance of their portfolios of schools.