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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…
Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA)
Technical assistance materials for building tribal education department capacity and self-determination
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
Allows the state to designate a federally recognized tribe to directly oversee or assume complete control of a failing elementary school district within the tribe's jurisdiction…
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
Establishes the state's formal government-to-government advisory council on Native education, with 9 of 18 seats reserved for tribal/tribal education department representatives…
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)
A fill-in-the-blank template a tribal council can use to formally agree to sponsor a charter school
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…
U.S. Department of Education
Explains the federal law that requires states to test students every year and hold schools accountable for the results, and how that framework applies to charter schools with a…
National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC)
Report examining how charter school boards can monitor and act on school performance data to fulfill their oversight role
Taiyo Itoh & Ilana Umansky, University of Oregon
Research article examining the contexts and challenges that arise when Indigenous students who speak a Native language at home are also classified as English Learners, and the…
National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC)
Recorded webinar helping charter school leaders identify and address issues related to their school's reputation in the community
National Indian Education Association
NIEA's Whole Child Approach framework, which calls for coordinating education, health, and social service partners around the full range of a Native student's needs rather than…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); ASCD
A widely used national framework that shows schools how to connect physical health, mental health, and learning into one coordinated approach