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Expert insights on charter school governance, charter school board roles, and the charter school CEO-board partnership.
It is important to ensure that boards develop the appropriate processes to help schools keep students safe.
Which board goals should you focus on every year? Where is your organization headed? How do you know you’re on target to get there? Your goals hold the answer. They give you the power to measure...
What Is The Brown Act? The Brown Act, the name of the California State Open Meetings Act, is a law centered around charter school governance transparency to the public. Basically, it states that...
Planning your charter school board retreat is an important undertaking.
Planning your charter school’s annual board retreat may seem daunting at first. But it’s completely doable. Below, we’ll break down the best practices for you.
How effective is your board? This question always drives home for people quickly why an annual board assessment is so important. When we travel around the country to talk with charter school boards,...
Board goals define the board’s value to the organization each year. They outline what will be accomplished, by when, and by whom.
Minutes are a record of what was done at your board meeting. They’re legal documents that auditors and other verifiers may review. And, as an important part of transparency compliance, the public may...
The term, data-driven governance, might be relatively new to the charter community — at least if you’re not yet a BoardOnTrack member. And yet the term, data-driven instruction, is widely used in the...
Are your board meetings effective? For too many charter boards, the answer is no. But, board meetings are important. Your full board meetings — and committee meetings in between — are where your...
There are so many results your charter organization is trying to deliver. But none are more important than academic excellence.
Your charter school’s success hinges largely on the success of your charter school leader. Most boards fully recognize and understand the significance of their responsibility as the governing body of...
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