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National Association of Charter School Authorizers Applauds Bipartisan Congressional Vote on Charter School QualityWith today’s overwhelming bipartisan approval of the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charters Act (H.R. 10) by the full House Education and the Workforce Committee, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers … |
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NACSA Applauds Alabama Vote to Approve Charter School LegislationThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) congratulates the Alabama General Assembly for passing Senate Bill 45 to become the most recent state to introduce charter schools as high-quality education options … |
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NACSA Receives National Grant to Strengthen Charter School Quality NationwideFor more than a decade, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has led the effort to improve quality within the charter school community by helping authorizers set high standards, facilitate … |
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National Association of Charter School Authorizers Commends RSD Action to Deny Charter School’s RenewalCharter schools are about more than just test scores. They also have an obligation to treat all students fairly and appropriately and to spend public money properly. Most charter schools do just … |
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NACSA Recognizes Step in the Right Direction To Improve Michigan’s Charter School AuthorizingThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) recognizes today’s release of a study by the Education Trust—Midwest (ETM) entitled “Accountability for All: The Need for Real Charter School Authorizer Accountability in … |
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Authorizer Resource: Multiple Measures Readiness AssessmentNACSA and our partners have been working on innovative ways to evolve definitions of school quality, including Multiple Measures. Multiple Measures is a both/and accountability system: BOTH long-used and normed measures AND … |
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NACSA names Brian Graham as Chief Financial OfficerDr. M. Karega Rausch, president and CEO of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), announced today that Brian Graham joins NACSA as chief financial officer. “I am honored to be … |
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Introducing EnTere Ed Collective, a space where BIPOC authorizers and authorizing-adjacent professionals THRIVEBy Vashaunta Harris, V. Harris Enterprises, and John Carwell Jr., Delaware State Department of Education NACSACon’s keynote speaker, Dr. Anton Treuer, remarked that, “Public education is the big assimilation experiment.” This extends … |
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State of Charter Authorizing ReportAuthorizing is the most consequential public school governance reform of the past two decades. For the last 20+ years, authorizers have been creating a new landscape, where school autonomy—balanced by fierce accountability … |
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NACSA’s CSP Guidance for Management OrganizationsAs federal education programming has shifted over the years to be more focused on high-quality outcomes for students, communities desiring a charter school have increasingly turned to already-proven, successful educational models to … |
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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) AuthorizingQuality authorizing can exist within many contexts and structures. One of those contexts is within higher education institutions (HEIs). We examined how and what HEIs contribute to the charter schools’ landscape. This … |
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SXSW EDU 2023 Conference ProposalsNACSA has submitted two innovative and exciting session proposals for The SXSW EDU 2023 Conference (March 6-9); now we need your help. The South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU Conference brings together the learner, the practitioner, … |
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Authorizing by the NumbersWe spend plenty of time talking about the why and how of our work, as we seek to ensure more high-quality, innovative, and equitable educational opportunities for children. But every few years, … |
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Supplementing, Not Replacing: How Multiple Measures WorkWe can hope (or imagine) that all students come to school every day on grade level, ready to learn. But the reality is, some students have been totally or partially disengaged from school, and this impacts their academic learning. |
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NACSA Statement on the Department of Education’s Final Regulations for CSPAfter reading the more than 300 pages of final Charter Schools Program grant competition criteria and regulations, we thank the Department for listening and taking seriously concerns raised by many in the … |