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WestEd
A step-by-step guide that helps charter schools and their overseers figure out what their community actually needs before opening or growing a school
Hechinger Report
News feature profiling tribes and Native communities nationwide that have opened charter schools to reclaim control over their children's education, including the challenges and…
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (OPSRC)
A planning document laying out a sample model for how a new charter school could be structured and run
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (OPSRC)
A presentation explaining how an existing public school can convert into a charter school
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Comprehensive series of how-to guides for planning, locating, and financing a charter facility
Vanderbilt University; National Charter School Resource Center
Report summarizing a study of charter schools and successful practices for starting a charter school
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…
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…
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