School-Board-Authorizer Relations

School completion note: Use verified data, identify the school year or graduating class for every outcome, and use consistent definitions across years.

The Future Ready School Dashboard is a student- and family-facing tool designed to make career-connected school options easier to understand and compare. It brings together information about the opportunities students can access, the extent to which students participate in those opportunities, and the outcomes students achieve over time.

This companion guide provides examples of evidence that school operators, governing boards, and authorizers may use to examine replication readiness. Strong evidence should show not only that a system exists, but that it is documented, implemented consistently, sustainable over time, and reasonably transferable to another school setting.

Future Ready Replication Readiness Guidebook A practical guide for charter school leaders, governing boards, and authorizers

Expanding access to high-quality career-connected charter schools is essential to ensuring more students graduate prepared for success in college, careers, and life. Across the country, innovative schools are demonstrating how meaningful employer partnerships, work-based learning, industry-aligned pathways, and postsecondary connections can transform student outcomes. As these models mature, there is growing interest in replicating successful…

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See how SUNY Authorized Charter Schools  and ​Forte Preparatory Academy have enhanced school culture and made a significant difference in the lives of the students they serve. Arc Changers series featurette of Forte Preparatory Academy

Transforming Educational Journeys at Every Level See how the Colorado Charter School Institute and New Legacy Charter School are changing students’ lives with wraparound support. Watch this webinar and be inspired by arc changers and their stories! Catch a glimpse of a dynamic authorizer and school partnership in action in an all new #SchoolBrag video, followed by a…

See how SUNY Authorized Charter Schools and ​Forte Preparatory Academy have enhanced school culture and made a significant difference in the lives of the students they serve. Arc Changers series featurette of Forte Preparatory Academy

See how Grand Valley State University and ​Flint Cultural Center Academy work together to advance education. Watch the Featurette of the Flint Cultural Center Academy

Fight for the things that you care about. Whether it is federal, state, or local policy, charter authorizers are impacted by the decisions of others. The good news is that authorizers can influence this policy. Join the Institute to better understand who makes these policies, how they are crafted, and how your authorizing organization can use its voice and the voices of those they serve to ensure only the best policies get enacted.

Great schools have a number of things in common, key among them is the quality of their leaders. These leaders relentlessly pursue excellence. The Institute can assist schools in retaining, coaching and supporting school leaders.