--- title: Blog - BoardOnTrack | Governing for Growth description: Governing for Growth | 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. ## [How Board Assessments Help Your Board Reach the Higher Bar](https://boardontrack.com/blog/board-assessment) 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,... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/board-assessment) ## [Data-Driven Academic Excellence for Charter Boards](https://boardontrack.com/blog/data-driven-academic-excellence) 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... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/data-driven-academic-excellence) ## [Top Ten Mistakes of Charter School Founding Boards](https://boardontrack.com/blog/founding-charter-board) 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... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/founding-charter-board) ## [The Charter CEO’s Guide to Governing for Growth at Every Stage](https://boardontrack.com/blog/caprice-part-2) 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. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/caprice-part-2) ## [Governing for Growth at Every Stage, Part 1](https://boardontrack.com/blog/governing-for-growth-at-every-stage-part-1) 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. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/governing-for-growth-at-every-stage-part-1) ## [Governing for Growth: A Manifesto for Our Movement](https://boardontrack.com/blog/governing-for-growth) A foundational premise of our democracy is that every person is entitled to outstanding public school education. [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/governing-for-growth) ## [What Makes An Exceptional Board?](https://boardontrack.com/blog/what-makes-an-exceptional-board) 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... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/what-makes-an-exceptional-board) ## [8 Ways to Be a Great Board Member Today](https://boardontrack.com/blog/8-ways-to-be-a-great-board-member-today) 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... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/8-ways-to-be-a-great-board-member-today) ## **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)