Focus Areas
Charter Schools
Charter schools are public schools that operate independently of local school districts in exchange for achieving specific goals set forth in their educational charters. Developers of charter schools, usually teachers, parents or community members, are given the flexibility to decide their own educational program and how to organize and manage the school. Our work in this area focuses on how charter schools govern and manage themselves to create high-quality learning communities. Studies include charter management organizations, charter schools and public-private partnerships, and developing multiple measures of charter school performance.
Projects
- CharterConnect.org
- Charter Management Organizations: A National Study of Scale-Up and Strategic Planning
- The National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance
- Charter School Indicators - USC
- USC's Compendium of Promising Practices: Innovations in Charter Schools
- Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys
- Supporting the Creation of Charter Schools
- Pockets of Excellence: Organizing for Literacy Achievement
- Innovations in Charter Schools: Impact on Student Achievement
- Los Angeles Unified School District Charter Schools Evaluation
- Focusing on Charter Schools: Lessons to be Learned
