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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...

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,...

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...

Building a charter school board for your new charter venture is only one of the steps in the process. However, it is a vital piece to the success of your organization. Not only is the board...

An Interview with Caprice Young, Charter School Hall of Fame Inductee T his is part two of our two-part story relaying Caprice’s lessons learned at every stage of charter growth.

An Interview with Caprice Young, Charter School Hall of Fame Inductee. T his is part one of our two-part story relaying Caprice’s lessons learned at every stage of charter growth.

A foundational premise of our democracy is that every person is entitled to outstanding public school education.

Organizations that drive exceptional results for kids have exceptional boards. We’ve proven it. But what’s an exceptional board? It can be hard to know for sure. Especially when most boards believe...

Accepting a role with your charter school board takes dedication to the mission. But it takes more than caring enough about the education of children to be a great board member. Whether you’re...