ALASKABelow are profiles, by state, of organizations involved with charter schools, from legislation to research to operation, excerpted from CER's Charter School Workbook. We have also compiled a list of State Department of Education charter school contacts. To find out more about charter school activities across the country, check out the statistics, research and resources available in our About Charter Schools library.
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island , South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, National
Alaska Charter School Association
260 S. Cobb Street
Palmer, AK 99645
Contact: Barbara Gerard
Telephone: (907) 746-2358
Fax: (907) 746-2368
Email: bgerald@msb.mat-su.k12.ak.us
Goldwater Institute's Center for Market-Based Education (CMBE)
500 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Contact: Keli L. Luther
Telephone: (602) 744-9600
Fax: (602) 256-7045
Website: www.azschoolchoice.org
Email: info@cmbe.org
The Center for Market-Based Education the growth, in numbers and autonomy, of Arizona's charter schools, and conducts seminars, workshops, surveys and research on the state's charter school development.
Arizona Charter School Association
3101 W. Peoria Ave., Suite B-310
Phoenix, AZ 85029
Contact: Patricia Shaw
Telephone: (602) 564-7390
Fax: (602) 564-7301
Website: www.azcharters.com
Email: info@azcharters.org
Arkansas Charter School Association
P.O. Box 13971
Maumelle, AK 72113
Contact: Mark Adelstein
Telephone: (501) 851-8142
Fax: (501) 851-8143
Email: mgoblue@alltel.net
California Network of Educational Charters (CANEC)
1139 San Carlos Ave, #304
San Carlos, CA 94070
Contact: Susan Bragato
Telephone: 650-654-6003
Fax: 650-654-4267
Website: http://www.canec.org
E-mail: goCANEC@aol.com
CANEC is a state-wide, nonprofit, non-partisan association of individuals who support charter schools as exciting options for meaningful education reform that allow communities to invent the type of schooling that best meets their unique needs. CANEC is committed to networking charter school participants and facilitating dialogue on these relatively new educational institutions.
Charter Schools Project
Institute for Education Reform
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6018
Contact: Eric Premack
Telephone: (916) 278-4611
Fax: (916) 278-5014
E-mail: epremack@aol.com
Website: http://www.csus.edu.ier
The Charter Schools Project provides policy development and technical support to charter school developers, sponsors, and policy makers in California and across the US and Canada. The Project works to link university and state policy makers with important developments and concerns within the K-12 education community and to provide assistance to K-12 schools which are undertaking or contemplating major reform activities.
Pacific Research Institute's Center for School Reform
755 Sansome St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Contact: Pam Riley
Telephone: (415) 989-0833, ext. 106
Fax: (415) 989-2411
Colorado League of Charter Schools
1601 Vine Street
Denver, CO 80206
Contact: James W. Griffin
Phone: 303-989-5356
Fax: 303-984-9345
E-mail: jim@coloradoleague.org
Website: www.coloradoleague.org
Colorado League of Charter Schools is a non-profit membership organization that serves and supports Colorado charter schools by providing networking and advocacy, conferences and workshops, and technical assistance to members of its charter school association.. CLCS works to support and build Colorado's charter school movement in an effort to improve public education in the state.
Connecticut
Association of Charter Schools
440
Oakland Street
Manchester,
CT06040
Contact:
Bill
Jawitz,
Director
Phone: 860-645-1234
Fax: 860-533-0324
Email: bjawitz@odysseyschool.org
Connecticut Center for School Change
151 New Park Avenue, Suite 203
Hartford, CT 06106
Contact: Marya Esquilin
Telephone: (860) 586-2340
Fax: (860) 586-7360
Website: www.ctschoolchange.org
Email: ccsc@ntplx.net
The CT Center for School Change is a non-profit organization that supports efforts for comprehensive reform of Connecticut's schools, focusing on PreK through 8th grade public and non-public schools.
Connecticut Charter School Network
The Bridge Academy
P.O. Box 2267
Bridgeport, CT 06608
Contact: Tim Dutton
Telephone: (203) 336-9999
Website: www.ctcharterschools.org
Email: bridgeacademy@yahoo.com
Connecticut Charter School Network, a membership organization of the charter schools across the state of Connecticut, supports and serves charter schools in their efforts to provide educational innovation and public school choice in the state.
Delaware Charter Schools Network
100 W. 10th St., Suite 704
Wilmington, DE 19081
Contact: Martha Manning
Telephone: (302) 778-5999
Fax: (302) 778-5998
Website: www.decharternetwork.org
Email: martha@decharternetwork.org
DC Public Charter School Resource Center
1155 15th Street, N.W. Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Contact: Shirley Monastra
Telephone: (202) 835-9011
Fax: (202) 659-8621
Email: info@dcchartercenter.org
Website: http://www.dcchartercenter.org/
Friends of Choice in Urban Schools (FOCUS)
1530 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Robert Cane
Phone: (202) 387-0405
Fax: (202) 667-3798
Website: www.focus-dccharter.org
Email: rcane@focus-dccharter.org
FOCUS is a community group of DC citizens and friends dedicated to improving public education through systemic reform. Activities include: developing interest in and support for District public charter schools by educating policy makers and the general public; facilitating communication and collaboration among and providing direct technical assistance to charter schools; establishing partnerships with independent schools; and conducting comprehensive community outreach activities.
Florida Consortium of Charter SchoolsContact:
Robert Haag
Phone: 954-522-2997
Fax: 954-522-3199
Website: www.fcae.nova.edu/charters
Email: Cse97@bellsouth.net
Resource center organized to serve, support, and promote charter schools in Florida.
Florida Charter School Resource Center (FCSRC)
4202 East Fowler Avenue
HMS 401
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: 813-974-8360
Fax: 813-974-7823
Website: www.charterschools.usf.edu
Provides training, support, and assistance to Florida charter schools and acts as a clearinghouse to provide information on charter schools to the public.
Center for Education PolicyContact: Chris Carr
Telephone: (404) 256-4050
Fax: (404) 256-9909
Website: www.gppf.org
Email: ccarr@gppf.org
Charter
School Resource Center of Georgia
P.O.
Box 2054
Alpharetta, GA 30023
Contact:
Mr. James P. Kelly,
III, Executive Director
Phone: (770) 521-0523
Fax: (770) 521-0467
Email: jpkiii@msn.com
Contact: Libby Oshiyama
Telephone: (808) 947-1058
Fax: (808) 947-1058
Website:
www.k12.hi.us/~bwoerner/hacs/
Email: hawaiicharter@juno.com
Non-profit organization created represent and support Hawaii's independent, small public charter schools. HACS works with funding sources, provides technical support and professional development, creates community partnerships, and conducts research.
South
Maui Learning Ohana Inc.
PO
Box 2053
Kihei, Maui, HI 96753
Contact:
Mr.
Tom Helm, Director
Email:
gzsmlo@mauigateway.com
University
of Hawaii Charter School Resource Center
200 W. Kawili St.
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
Contact:
Nina Buchanan
Telephone: (808) 974-7583
Fax: (808) 974-7752
Email: ninab@hawaii.edu
Idaho Charter School Network
615 W. Maple
Pocatello, ID 93201-5153
Contact: Kerri Whitehead
Telephone: (208) 478-2522
Website: http://csi.boisestate.edu/icsn
Idaho Charter School Network (ICSN) works to ensure and share the success of Idaho public charter schools, for the benefit of Idaho children.
Leadership for Quality Education
One First National Plaza, Suite 3120
21 South Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60603
Contact: Allison Jack
Telephone: (312) 853-3691
Fax: (312) 853-1214
Website: http://www.lqe.org
Email: info@lqe.org
Charter School Resource Center of Indiana
10 West Market St., Suite 1990
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2973
Contact: Mary Ann Sullivan
Phone: (317) 464-2695
Fax: (317) 464-2039
Website: www.indianacharters.org
Email: indianacharters@indianacharters.org
The Charter School Resource Center of Indiana works to facilitate the establishment and operation of high-quality charter schools, promote the growth and success of the charter school movement, and represent the collective voice of Indiana’s charter school community to the larger community.
Louisiana Charter School Association
900 McClung St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Contact: Jim Geiser
Telephone: (225) 387-5384
Email: jgeiser@eatel.net
Maine Association for Charter Schools
199 Hatchet Mountain Road
Hope, ME 04847
Phone: 207-763-3576
Fax: (207) 763-4552
Contact: Judith Jones
Email: macs@mainecharterschools.org
Website: www.mainecharterschools.org
MACS also publishes an electronic newsletter. To subscribe, email macs@mainecharterschools.org.
Contact: Barbara Davidson
Tel: 301-428-8548
Email: marylandcharters@aol.com.
Charter School Resource Center
Pioneer Institute for Public Policy
85 Devonshire Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02109-3504
Contact: Linda Brown, Director
Telephone: (617) 723-2277
Fax: (617) 723-1880
E-mail: pioneer@pioneerinstitute.org
Website: http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/csrc/index.html
The Charter School Resource Center focuses on the improvement of elementary and secondary education by providing support for the launch of entrepreneurial, self-managed public charter schools throughout the state. The Center offers research, policy education, business and media outreach, management reviews and other technical assistance.
Massachusetts Charter School Association
P.O. Box 147, 132 Main St.
Haydenville, MA 01039
Contact: Marc Kenen, Ed.D.
Telephone: (413) 253-8970
Fax: (413) 268-3185
Website: www.masscharterschools.org/
Email: kenen@rcn.com
Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA)
215 S. Washington Sq., Suite 210
Lansing, MI 48933
Contact: Dan Quisenberry
Telephone: (517) 374-9167
Fax: (517) 374-9197
E-mail: MAPSA@charterschools.org
Website: http://www.charterschools.org/
MAPSA is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization formed by a grassroots coalition of Michigan charter school supporters to represent their interests and serve as their united voice. Members include charter schools and granting authorities, business organizations and individual supporters. MAPSA provides technical assistance, networking, policy tracking and analysis, media outreach, conferences, research.
Metro Detroit Alliance for Charter Schools
P.O. Box 1440
Dearborn, MI 48121
Contact: Nawal Hamadeh
Telephone: (313) 598-3344
Fax: (313) 581-9475
Email: Hsemco@aol.com
New Twin Cities Charter School Project
H. H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Contact: Nancy Smith, Director
Telephone: (612) 626-1834
Email: nsmith@hhh.umn.edu
Website: www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/school-change/newtwin.htm
Minnesota Association of Charter Schools (MACS)
1745 University Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
Phone: (651) 649-5470
Fax:(651) 649-5470
Email: stevedess@mncharterschools.org
Website: www.mncharterschools.org
Missouri Charter Schools Information Center
35 N. Central Ave., South
Suite 335
Clayton, MO 63105-3871
Contact: Laura Friedman
Telephone: (314) 726-6474
Fax: (314) 721-4729
Email: MOCSIC@AOL.COM
Website: www.mocsic.org
CSIC is a non-profit support, networking, resource and information clearinghouse for educators, legislators and other Missourians interested in charter schools. CSIC works to educate and advocate for charter schools and provides development assistance to Missouri charter schools.
The Learning Exchange
3132 Pennsylvania
Kansas City, MO 64111
Contact: Tammy Blossom
Telephone: (816) 751-4143
Fax: (816) 751-4101
Website: www.lx.org
Email: tblossom@lx.org
Nebraska Charter School Coalition
230 S. 68th Ave.
Omaha, NE 68132
Contact: Rhonda Stuberg, Director
Phone: 402-558-4644
Fax: 402-933-3907
Email: stuberg@ne.uswest.net
The Nebraska Charter School Coalition was organized to inform citizens of Nebraska about charter schools and to advocate for the passage of strong charter school legislation.
Nevada Policy Research Institute
P.O. Box 20758
Reno, NV 98515-0758
Contact: Ricci Elkins
Telephone (702) 626-2720
E-mail: riccelkins@aol.com
Website: http://www.npri.org
NPRI is a non-partisan, non-profit public policy research and education organization that conducts and disseminates research on public policy issue important to Nevada and the nation.
New
Hampshire Charter School Resource Center
5
Granger Circle
Hanover, NH 03755
Contact:
Susan Hollins
Phone: 603-643-6115
Fax: 603-643-6476
Email: SuefromNH@aol.com
New Jersey Charter School Resource Center
303-309 Washington Street, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Contact: Heather Ngoma
Telephone: (973) 621-6467
Fax: (973) 621-6651
Website: www.cbsnj.org/csrc.htm
The Charter School Resource Center provides technical assistance to help charter schools start up and operate successfully. The Center also offers workshops, networking and advocacy of charter school and other innovations in public education.
New Jersey Charter Public Schools AssociationContact:
Sarah Tantillo, Executive Director
Phone: 973-642-0101
Fax: 973-642-5800
Email: njcpsa@aol.com
Website: http://www.njcpsa.org/
NJCPSA works to provide a clear and distinctive voice for the state's charter schools, educating the public about their progress and ensuring that they thrive for the benefit of students statewide. To fulfill this mission, the Association is focused on three broad goals: outreach, support, and accountability.
New Mexico League of Charter Schools
2259 Camino Iris
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Contact: Tony Gerlicz
Telephone: (505) 995-8950
Fax: (505) 984-2727
Email: tonygerlic@aol.com
New Mexico Charter School Resource Center
8300 Phoenix Venue NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Contact: Robin Troup, Director
Telephone: (505) 291-8149
Email: vtroup@nmia.com
New York Charter School Resource Center
1 Penn Plaza, 36th Fl.
250 34th St.
New York, NY 10119
Contact: Gerry Vasquez
Telephone: (212) 896-3901
Fax: (212) 849-6901
Email: nycharters@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.nycharterschools.org/
The New York Charter School Resource Center (CSRC) helps charter school organizers with information and technical assistance.
New York Charter Schools Association
18 Corporate Woods Blvd.
Albany, NY 12211
Contact: Bill Phillips
Telephone: (518) 465-4400
Fax: (518) 465-3383
Email: bphillips@nycsa.org
Website: http://www.nycsa.org/
The New York Charter Schools Association provides technical assistance to member charter schools.
Charter Schools Institute
State University of New York
Purchase Office: 735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase NY 10577-1400
Phone: (914) 251-7922
Fax: (914) 251-7923
Albany Office: 74 North Pearl Street, 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-433-8277
Fax 518-443-5227
E-mail: charters@sysadm.suny.edu
Web Site: www.newyorkcharters.org
The Charter Schools Institute (CSI), was established by State University of New York (SUNY) to help them administer their responsibilities as charter sponsors. CSI also will also provide research and analysis on charter schools and other issues affecting K-12 education.
League of Charter Schools
200 Staggs Trail
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-7310
Contact: Roger Gerber
Phone: 919-967-1029
Fax: 919-967-1029
Email: R_Gerber@bellsouth.net
Website: www.charterleague.org
The League seeks to promote the charter school concept so that all students, families, and communities can access quality education.
North Carolina Charter School Resource Center
4711 Hope Valley Rd., Suite 321
Durham, NC 27702
Contact: Thelma Glynn
Telephone: (919) 682-1500
E-mail: NCcharter@aol.com
Website: http://www.nccsrc.org/
The North Carolina Charter School Resource Center is committed to the values of public education and involved in strengthening the charter school movement in North Carolina. The Center provides technical assistance to charter school and serves as a state-level advocate for policies and regulations that facilitate the viability of charter schools.
Alliance for Education
1595 Kettering Tower
Dayton, OH 45423
Contact: Mary Karr
Telephone: (937) 222-2934
Fax: (937) 222-0636
The
Ohio Community School Center
21
East State Street, Suite 1120
Columbus, OH, 43215
Contact:
Mr. Clint F. Satow
Phone: 614-224-2647
Fax: 614-469-7163
Email: CFSatow@aol.com
Oregon Charter School Service Center
01630 SW Carey Lane
Portland, OR 97219
Telephone: (503) 317-6322
Website: www.oregoneducation.org
Email: info@OregonEducation.org
Center
for Educational Change
3957
E. Burnside
Portland, OR 97214-0201
Contact:
Richard Meinhard, Director
Phone: 503-234-4600
Fax: 503-234-4360
Email: edcenter@teleport.com
Charter Schools Project
Duquesne University
712 Rockwell Hall
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Contact: Chenzie
Grignano
Telephone: (412) 396-4492
Fax: (412) 396-6175
E-mail: grignano@duq.edu
The Charter Schools Project is a planning and development effort of the Institute for Economic Transformation at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. This project provides information for the rising Pennsylvania charter school movement, with a focus on the development of charter schools within the Western Pennsylvania region.
Pennsylvania Charter School Resource Center
2 Penn Center, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Contact: Melanie Burke-Reiser, Director
Telephone: (215) 557-9919
Fax: (215) 563-6555
Email: csrctrt@aol.com
Community Academy of Philadelphia
2820 North 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133-3116
Contact: Joseph Proietta
(215) 425-1213 x12
Fax: (215) 425-1223
Email: proietta@earthlink.net
Corporation for National Service
400 Westminster St.
Room 203
Providence, RI 02903
Contact: Vincent Marzullo
Telephone: (401) 528-5426
Fax: (401) 528-5220
The Education Alliance
222 Richmond St., Suite 300
Providence, RI 02903-4226
Telephone: (401) 274-9548, x338
The Big Picture Company
275 Westminster St.
Providence RI 02903
Contact: Sam Seidel
Tel: (401) 456 0600
Fax: (401) 456 0606
Email: sseidel@bigpicture.org
website: www.bigpicture.org
Big Picture Company is a non-profit organization that started the CVS Highlander Charter School in RI. Big Picture Company designs break-through public schools, researches and replicates new models for education, trains educators to serve as leaders in their schools and communities, and actively engages the public as participants and decision makers in the education of our youth.
Rhode Island League of Charter Schools
130 Broadway
Providence, RI 02903
Contact: Robert Pilkington, Director
Phone: 401-521-9433
Fax: 401-521-0653
Website: www.RIcharterschools.com
The League's mission is to expand the role of charters in Rhode Island public education by serving member schools and leading an engaged discourse promoting public school choice. The League offers free technical assistance to organizations going through the chartering process.
South Carolina Association of Public Charter Schools
South Carolina Charter School Association (Greenville Tech. Charter
School)
P.O. Box 5616
Greenville, SC 29606-5616
Contact: David A. Church
Telephone: (864) 250-8845
Fax: (864) 250-8846
Charter School Resource Center of Tennessee
6363 Poplar Avenue, Suite 410
Memphis, TN 38119
Contact: Dale Berryhill
Tel: (901) 844-0046
Toll-Free in TN: 1-877-844-0046
Fax: (901) 844-0045
E-mail: TNCharters@aol.com
Website: www.tncharters.org
The Charter School Resource Center of Tennessee is a non-partisan, non-profit, educational organization that assists the citizens of Tennessee in the building of a strong charter school system.
Tennessee Teachers for Public Charter Schools
An affiliate of Charter School Resource Center of Tennessee (see above).
E-mail: TNTeachers@aol.com
Tennessee Teachers for Public Charter Schools is a non-profit association that works to educate teachers about the professional opportunities provided by public charter schools, and network teachers who are interested in starting, operating, or teaching at public charter schools.
Association of Charter Educators (ACE) of Texas
P.O. Box 684884
Austin, TX 78701
The Charter School Resource Center of Texas
40 NE Loop 410, Suite 408
San Antonio, TX 78216
Contact: Patsy O'Neill
Telephone: (210) 348-7890
Fax: (210) 348-7899
Email: oneillp@texas.net
Website: http://www.charterstexas.org/
The Charter School Resource Center of Texas works to improve education by supporting the formation and successful operation of state and district charter schools. The Center provides information, access to professional expertise, and direct technical support to charter schools at all stages of development and growth.
Utah Charter School AssociationContact: Nathan Rathbun
Phone: 801-319-9201
Fax: 801-785-9690
Email: nathan@utahcharterschools.org
Website: http://utahcharterschools.org/
Dedicated to furthering the cause of charter schools in Utah.
Vermonters for Better Education
170 N. Church St.
Rutland, VT 05701
Contact: Libby Sternberg
Phone: (802) 773-3740
Email: Lsternberg@aol.com
Education Excellence Coalition / Washington Charter School Resource Center
4426 2nd Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105-6191
Contacts: Jim and Fawn Spady, Co-Directors
Telephone: (206) 634-0589
Fax: (206) 633-3561
Website: www.wacharterschools.org
Email: wacharters@aol.com
The Education Excellence Coalition is a Political Action Committee working to enact strong charter school legislation in Washington state.
Wisconsin Charter School Resource Center
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Contact: Cindy Zautcke
Telephone: (414) 288-1540
Fax: (414) 288-6199
E-mail: cindy.zautcke@marquette.edu
The Wisconsin Charter School Resource Center is a branch of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning directed by Dr. Howard Fuller at Marquette University. The Center works to improving the state’s legislation and provides technical and informational support for new and existing charter schools in Wisconsin. In addition, it provides administrative support to the Wisconsin Charter School Association.
Wisconsin Charter Schools AssociationContact: Senn Brown, Secretary
Tel: 608-238 7491
Email: sennb@chorus.net
Website: http://www.wicharterschools.org
WCSA provides policy analysis, advocacy, membership services and information in support of public charter schools in the State of Wisconsin.
Wyoming Citizens for Educational Choice
81 Satanka Rd.
Laramie, WY 82070
Contact: Janice Womack
Telephone: (307) 742-8538
Email: jkwomack1@yahoo.com
Charter School Leadership Council
Director: Andy Smarick
Email: andy@cslc.us
Phone: 202.270.5755
The Charter School Leadership Council (CSLC) is a coalition of eight diverse national organizations committed to expanding and improving the charter school movement in the United States. Click here for more information.
Center for Policy Studies
59 West Fourth Street
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
Contact: Dr. Ted Kolderie
Telephone: (651) 224-9703
Fax: (651) 224-2304
Email: tkolderie@uswest.net
Dr. Kolderie has been a leader in the charter school movement since its earliest days, working to expand the right to deliver public school education beyond individual districts and the traditional public school system.
Center for School Change
Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
234 Humphrey Center
301 19th Avenue, South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Contact: Joe Nathan, Director
Telephone: (612) 625-1834
Fax: (612) 625-0104
Website: www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/school-change/
E-mail: jnathan@hhh.umn.edu
The Center for School Change works to increase student achievement; raise graduation rates; improve students' attitudes toward learning, their schools, and their communities; and build stronger working relationships among educators, parents, students and other community members. The Center helps develop new, more effective models of public education, build support for broad improvements in public education, and change institutions in ways that support comprehensive school reform efforts.
Charter Schools Development and Performance Institute
2520 S. University Park
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Contact: Mary Kay Shields, Director
Phone: (989) 774-2999
Fax: (989) 774-2591
Email: Mary.k.shields@cmich.edu
Charter Schools Project
Institute for Education Reform
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6018
Contact: Eric Premack
Telephone: (916) 278-4611
Fax: (916) 278-5014
Website: http://www.csus.edu.ier
Email: epremack@aol.com
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
3901 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 308
Washington, DC 20008-6404
Contact: Margaret Lin, Executive Director
Phone: 202 363 8434
Fax: 202 363 3981
Email: mlin@charterauthorizers.org
Website: www.charterauthorizers.org
NACSA is a nonprofit membership association of educational agencies across the country that authorize and oversee charter schools. NACSA serves the needs of the full range of chartering authorities: local and county school districts of all sizes, state boards and departments of education, universities and colleges, municipal bodies, and independent chartering boards. All of these types of institutions are represented on NACSA's Board of Directors. NACSA's current membership collectively oversees one-third of the nation's charter schools.
National Charter School Alliance
1745 University Avenue, Suite 110
St. Paul, MN 55104
Contact: Jon Schroeder
Telephone: (651) 649-5479
Fax: (651) 649-5472
Website: www.charterfriends.org
Email: jon@charterfriends.org
National Charter School Alliance (formerly the Charter Friends National Network) focuses on the development and nurturing of strong charter school laws, and state-level charter support activity and organizations that work directly with charter schools. The Network's mission is to promote the charter opportunity, to improve education achievement for students, and ultimately to help leverage change and improvement in the larger education system.
National
Charter Schools Institute
2520 S. University Park, Suite Box 11
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Contact:
Dr. Teressa Staten, President
Phone: 517-774-2999
Fax: 517-774-2591
Email: charter@cmich.edu
Website: www.nationalcharterschools.org
The National Charter Schools Institute (NCSI) was established to provide assistance, solutions and resources to charter schools throughout the United States. (Formerly known as the Michigan Resource Center for Charter Schools.)
American Academy
for Liberal Education (AALE) Charter School Initiative
1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 452-8611
Fax: (202) 452-8620 -
Email: charters@aale.org
Website: http://www.aale.org/charters/index.htm
To help identify exemplary charter schools, AALE has developed an independent charter school accreditation program, working toward two goals: strengthening the study of liberal arts, and providing a reliable measure of charter schools' institutional health.
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