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Center for Public Education (CPE)
Website containiing links to various resources and templates for school board members
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Comprehensive series of how-to guides for planning, locating, and financing a charter facility
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) and USDOE
Federal resource package with action guides for improving school climate, written for school and community stakeholders
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Practical resources to help school and network leaders build stronger school cultures, developed with TNTP
Bellwether Education Partners
A research brief series that unpacks exactly how federal and state dollars flow to pay for special education services and where funding gaps put schools at financial risk
Vanderbilt University; National Charter School Resource Center
Report summarizing a study of charter schools and successful practices for starting a charter school
Statewide Charter School Board
Official homepage describing SCSB's authorizing and oversight role which can serve as model for a tribal authorizer
National Indian Child Care Association
NICCA toolkit walking a tribal program through building a strategic plan; adaptable for early planning work toward opening a school.
National Caucus of Native American State Legislators; National Conference of State Legislators
A 2008 report from the National Conference of State Legislatures' Native American state legislators caucus outlining the school experience of Native students nationally, with…
SUNY Charter Schools Institute
A fill-in form for explaining a charter school's budget choices and spending plans in plain terms for its authorizer
SUNY Charter Schools Institute
A fill-in spreadsheet for planning a charter school's budget five years out, used for renewal applications
SUNY Charter Schools Institute
A ready-made spreadsheet dashboard a charter school board can use to track its finances at a glance
SUNY Charter Schools Institute
A fill-in spreadsheet for building a new charter school's first-year budget
ICT (formerly Indian Country Today)
News feature on Native language immersion schools nationwide, summarizing research and educator interviews on how immersion supports both academic achievement and cultural…
Bellwether Education Partners
A data-rich national snapshot of how the charter school sector is growing and performing, useful for understanding the broader landscape before opening a school
WestEd
Three real stories of charter school groups going door-to-door and holding community meetings to learn what their neighborhoods actually need
Oklahoma Statutes Title 70
A second, broader Oklahoma tribal-sponsorship pathway, separate from the native-language-immersion-only provision. Allows a federally recognized tribe to sponsor a charter school…
Oklahoma Statutes Title 70
One of two Oklahoma tribal-sponsorship pathways. This one requires the tribe to have operated a high school under Bureau of Indian Affairs authority as of November 1, 2010,…
WestEd
Article outlining opportunities for charter schools to engage in meaningful family engagement
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (OPSRC)
An editable template for writing a tribal charter school's founding document
Colorado League of Charter Schools
A short article on how charter schools can team up with local businesses and nonprofits on summer activities to build community relationships and student interest
National Charter Schools Institute
One pager outlining the 12 duties of a charter school board member
National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC)
A step-by-step guide that helps charter school leaders build trust and real partnerships with families from a school's earliest planning through its ongoing operations
National Indian Child Care Association
NICCA toolkit for building Indigenous language and culture into early childhood curriculum, part of a national tribal child care toolkit series. Written for tribal child care…