Across the country, traditional school districts are grappling with a serious challenge: declining student enrollment and mounting financial pressure. Meanwhile, charter schools, particularly those serving historically underserved communities, continue to......
The Hidden Bottleneck in Education: Why Facility Ecosystems Matter In the world of education reform, we obsess over leadership, curriculum, accountability, and autonomy. We debate instructional models and argue for......
This blog was originally posted at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on Sept 4, 2024 Over the past few years, federal funding has begun to flow in unprecedented......
In our first posting on Access to District Buildings, we explored the cost implications of sharing district buildings. In this entry, we review the different statutory schemes in place across......
Shakespeare coined the phrase, “Politics make strange bedfellows,” and in one small Colorado community, charter school and district leaders are demonstrating how collaboration does not have to be so strange.......
Charters and Districts Sharing Space Since the first charter law was adopted in 1991, charter schools have struggled to find adequate, affordable facilities. Surplus and underutilized district facilities have always......
The American Indian Academy of Denver (AIAD) offers students in grades 6-12 a STEAM curriculum designed to meet the educational needs of American Indian and Latino students. Prior to its......
New Market Tax Credits awarded in September. Next application deadline approaching. Get your school included. Are you anticipating a school construction or acquisition project next year? Have you heard about......
This year, advocates across the country secured critical funding and regulatory changes at the state level to improve the charter school facility landscape. These efforts brought over $100 million in......
Charter schools have plenty of battles to face to receive adequate resources. If the fight for equal funding and access to empty buildings was not enough to keep charter advocates......
Since the early 1970s, moral obligation bonds have been used to finance housing, higher education facilities, hospitals, corrections facilities, and more. Some states are now using this tool to help......