--- title: Blog - BoardOnTrack | charter school board description: charter school board | Expert insights on charter school governance, charter school board roles, and the charter school CEO-board partnership. --- # BoardOnTrack Expert insights on charter school governance, charter school board roles, and the charter school CEO-board partnership. ## [Authorization vs. Accreditation: A Quick Guide for New Charter Schools](https://boardontrack.com/blog/authorization-accreditation-charter-schools) Authorization vs. accreditation for charter schools — what’s the difference? Do schools need accreditation as well as authorization? In the next four minutes, you will learn the basics of both and... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/authorization-accreditation-charter-schools) ## [Benchmarking Charter School CEO Compensation: A Primer for Charter School Boards](https://boardontrack.com/blog/benchmarking-charter-school-ceo-salary) A charter school board’s most important function is, arguably, to hire and ensure the success of your Chief Executive Officer. Implicit therein is responsibly setting the charter school CEO’s... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/benchmarking-charter-school-ceo-salary) ## [What is your responsibility to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion on charter school boards?](https://boardontrack.com/blog/diversity-on-charter-school-boards) Who serves on your board matters. And who serves on your board is not only a question that can be solved with data. It’s one that must be solved with data. Data is not biased. Data isn’t clouded by... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/diversity-on-charter-school-boards) ## [The Definitive Charter School Annual Board Calendar](https://boardontrack.com/blog/the-definitive-annual-board-calendar) You might’ve heard that you should plan your complete annual board calendar all at once (usually at your annual board retreat). [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/the-definitive-annual-board-calendar) ## [GOVERNANCE IS A TEAM SPORT](https://boardontrack.com/blog/governance-is-a-team-sport) Has your board wrestled with the questions of what makes for an effective board trustee, or committee chair? Are you uncertain whether you all have the same understanding of the roles your board... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/governance-is-a-team-sport) ## **Subscribe to the BoardOnTrack newsletter** Join thousands of trustees and executives learning to lead even better with BoardOnTrack. ### **[![charter school governance index](https://boardontrack.com/hubfs/BoardOnTrack_October_2022/Images/Screen-Shot-2020-02-19-at-4.18.12-PM-1.png)](https://hubs.ly/H0ndxT40)What’s the state of charter school governance today?** Learn the six surprising trends revealed by this first-ever national charter school governance index. [Get the full report now ](https://pages3.boardontrack.com/governance-index) ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=31758&fmt=gif) ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=31758&fmt=gif)