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|Name = National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
|Name = National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
|Location = [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]]
|Location = [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]]
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|Top official = Nina Rees
|Top official = Starlee Coleman, President & CEO
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|Year founded = 2005
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}}The '''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools''' is a [[501(c)(3)]] [[nonprofit organization| nonprofit]] education reform group advocating for the growth of charter schools. The organization is based in [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]] In addition to advocacy, the group also performs research and issues reports, such as ''Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws'' and ''The Health of the Movement: A State by State Analysis.''<ref name=what>[https://publiccharters.org/what-we-do/ ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools'', "What We Do," accessed July 25, 2025]</ref>
The '''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools''' is a nonprofit education reform group advocating for the growth of charter schools. The organization was founded in the mid-2000s by four philanthropic organizations: Doris & Donald Fisher Fund, [[Walton Family Foundation]], The Annie E. Casey Foundation and [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/education/2005_national_alliance_for_public_charter_schools ''Philanthropy Roundtable,'' "National Alliance for Public Charter Schools," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref> In addition to advocacy, the group also performs research and issues reports, such as ''Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws'' and ''The Health of the Movement: A State by State Analysis.''


Today, the organization is based in [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]] and led by president and CEO Nina Rees.<ref>[http://www.publiccharters.org/about-us/staff/ ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "Staff," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref>
==Background==
The organization was founded in 2005 by four philanthropic organizations: Doris & Donald Fisher Fund, [[Walton Family Foundation]], The Annie E. Casey Foundation and [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170530230441/http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/education/2005_national_alliance_for_public_charter_schools ''Philanthropy Roundtable'', "National Alliance for Public Charter Schools," archived May 30, 2017, accessed July 25, 2025]</ref>


==Mission==
As of July 2025, the group's mission statement was: "to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter school movement."<ref>[https://publiccharters.org/who-we-are/ ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools'', "Who We Are," accessed July 25, 2025]</ref>
{{quote|The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is the leading national nonprofit organization committed to advancing the public charter school movement. Our mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter sector.<ref>[http://www.publiccharters.org/press/health-of-movement-2014/ ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "New National Alliance Report Ranks State Charter School Movements on Growth, Quality, and Innovation," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref>|author=National Alliance for Public Charter Schools press release}}


In order to achieve its goals, the organization maintains statistics on the number and performance of charter schools across the nation, works with legislators and state groups to develop charter school laws, and organizes an annual conference.<ref>[http://www.publiccharters.org/publications/annual-report-2013/ ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "Delivering on the Dream: 2013 Annual Report," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref>
==Leadership==
As of July 2025, the following individuals served on the board of directors of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools:<ref>[https://publiccharters.org/our-team/#board ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools'', "Board of Directors," accessed July 25, 2025]</ref>


==Studies and reports==
*Rick Cruz, Chair
==="Measuring Up to the Model"===
*Derrell Bradford, Vice Chair
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has become most well-known for its annual report on state charter school laws. The organization compares each state's charter school laws to the model law it developed and ranks states accordingly. Evaluations are based on what the organization calls "20 essential components of a strong public charter school law." Each component is weighted from one to four and each state is given a score of zero to four for each component. The highest possible score total is 228.<ref name=MeasuringUp>[http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/StateRankings2014.pdf ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2014," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref>
*Bill Kurtz, Secretary
*Joanne Weiss, Treasurer
*Richard Berlin
*Emma Bloomberg
*Myrna Castrejón
*[[Reed Hastings]]
*Shavar Jeffries
*Marc Lampkin
*Marlon Marshall
*Tim Nicolette
*Ana Ponce
*Caroline Roemer


In the 2014 edition of the report, the organization made changes to its scoring rubric, mainly regarding the availability and accountability of charter school authorizers. These changes, in addition to changes in state law, affected the scores of some states. Only states with charter school laws enacted were scored, which at the time included 42 states and the District of Columbia.
==Work and activities==
As of July 2025, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools' website listed the following as focus areas:<ref name=what/>


Below is a table detailing the rank of each state, the score of each state, and the difference from the previous year.<ref name=MeasuringUp/> To access the full report, [http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/StateRankings2014.pdf click here].
{{quote|
*We Ensure Federal Funding for Charter Schools
*We Fight and Win State-Level Battles
*We Are Strong Legal Advocates
*We Convene a Broad Coalition
*We Elevate the Charter Schools Brand
*We Inform the Movement}}


{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; width:70%;"
===Legislative and policy work===
! colspan="7" align="center" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;" | 2014 state charter school law rankings
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools lobbies for increases to the Charter Schools Program. According to the group's website: "The Charter Schools Program (CSP) is the sole source of federal funding devoted entirely to supporting charter schools. Growing the CSP is integral to the success of charter schools and meeting the needs of the millions of students attending or wanting to attend a charter school. We continually advocate for and rally behind increased funding and support to open, replicate, and expand charter schools."<ref name=what/>
|-
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | State
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | 2014 ranking
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | 2013 ranking
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | Ranking difference
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | 2014 score
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | 2013 score
! valign="bottom" style="background-color:blue; color: white;" | Score difference


|-
==Notable endorsements==
| '''[[Charter schools in Alaska|Alaska]]'''||40||41||-1||67||63||4
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|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Arizona|Arizona]]'''||16||13||-3||147||141||6
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Arkansas|Arkansas]]'''||29||25||-4||128||122||6
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in California|California]]'''||9||7||-2||156||150||6
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Colorado|Colorado]]'''||5||4||-1||163||160||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Connecticut|Connecticut]]'''||33||31||-2||114||110||4
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Delaware|Delaware]]'''||17||21||4||146||127||19
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in the District of Columbia|District of Columbia]]'''||10||17||7||153||134||19
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Florida|Florida]]'''||8||5||-3||156||151||5
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Georgia|Georgia]]'''||22||16||-6||138||135||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Hawaii|Hawaii]]'''||21||14||-7||140||139||1
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Idaho|Idaho]]'''||20||32||12||141||110||31
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Illinois|Illinois]]'''||31||28||-3||125||117||8
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Indiana|Indiana]]'''||2||9||7||170||148||22
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Iowa|Iowa]]'''||41||38||-3||63||71||-8
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Kansas|Kansas]]'''||42||40||-2||60||63||-3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Louisiana|Louisiana]]'''||3||6||3||167||151||16
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Maine|Maine]]'''||4||2||-2||163||166||-3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Maryland|Maryland]]'''||43||42||-1||42||42||0
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]'''||11||11||0||151||145||6
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Michigan|Michigan]]'''||18||15||-3||145||138||7
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Minnesota|Minnesota]]'''||1||1||0||174||172||2
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Mississippi|Mississippi]]'''||14||43||29||149||39||110
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Missouri|Missouri]]'''||26||18||-8||132||132||0
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Nevada|Nevada]]'''||13||22||9||150||126||24
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]'''||30||30||0||128||113||15
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in New Jersey|New Jersey]]'''||32||29||-3||116||114||2
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in New Mexico|New Mexico]]'''||12||10||-2||150||147||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in New York|New York]]'''||7||8||1||158||148||10
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in North Carolina|North Carolina]]'''||19||23||4||144||125||19
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Ohio|Ohio]]'''||28||27||-1||129||117||12
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]'''||36||34||-2||112||109||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Oregon|Oregon]]'''||27||26||-1||129||120||9
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'''||24||19||-5||137||131||6
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]'''||34||35||1||113||108||5
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in South Carolina|South Carolina]]'''||15||12||-3||147||141||6
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Tennessee|Tennessee]]'''||35||33||-2||112||109||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Texas|Texas]]'''||23||24||1||137||124||7
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Utah|Utah]]'''||25||20||-5||134||131||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Virginia|Virginia]]'''||39||39||0||72||69||3
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Washington|Washington]]'''||6||3||-3||162||161||1
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]'''||38||37||-1||76||77||-1
|-
| '''[[Charter schools in Wyoming|Wyoming]]'''||37||36||-1||87||87||0
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan="7" align="left"|<small>'''Source:''' [http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/StateRankings2014.pdf ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2014," accessed November 1, 2014]
|}


Click on the chart below to see a list of the 20 components the organization uses to evaluate state laws.
== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="background:none; text-align:center; width:70%;"
The following is a breakdown of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools 's revenues and expenses from 2011 to 2023. The information comes from [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/300274709 ProPublica]
! colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;" |Essential components of strong charter school law
<datatable caption="National Alliance for Public Charter Schools financial data 2011-2023">
|-
! align="left"|Year
| 1 || '''No caps''' on the growth of public charter schools in a state.
! Revenue 
|-
! Expenses
| 2 || '''A variety of public charter schools allowed''', including new start-ups, public school conversions, and virtual schools.
|-
| 3 || '''Multiple authorizers available''', including non-local school board authorizers, to which charter applicants may directly apply.
|-
| 4 || '''Authorizer and overall program accountability system required''', whereby all authorizers must affirm interest to become an authorizer (except for a legislatively-created state public charter school commission) and participate in an authorizer reporting program based on objective data, as overseen by some state-level entity with the power to remedy.
|-
| 5 || '''Adequate authorizer funding''', including provisions for guaranteed funding from authorizer fees, and public accountability for such expenditures.
|-
| 6 || '''Transparent charter application, review, and decision-making processes''', including comprehensive academic, operational, governance, and performance application requirements, with such applications reviewed and acted upon following professional authorizer standards.
|-
| 7 || '''Performance-based charter contracts required''', with such contracts created as separate post-application documents between authorizers and public charter schools detailing at least academic performance expectations, operational performance expectations, and school and authorizer rights and duties.
|-
| 8 || '''Comprehensive public charter school monitoring and data collection processes''', so that all authorizers can verify public charter school compliance with applicable law and their performance-based contracts.
|-
| 9 || '''Clear processes for renewal, nonrenewal, and revocation decisions''', including school closure and dissolution procedures to be used by all authorizers.
|-
| 10 || '''Educational service providers allowed''', provided there is a clear performance contract between the independent public charter school board and the service provider and there are no conflicts of interest between the two entities.
|-
| 11 || '''Fiscally and legally autonomous schools''', with independent public charter school boards, whereby public charter schools are created as autonomous entities with their boards having most powers granted to other traditional public school district boards.
|-
| 12 || '''Clear student recruitment, enrollment and lottery procedures''', which must be followed by all public charter schools.
|-
| 13 || '''Automatic exemptions from many state and district laws and regulations''', except for those covering health, safety, civil rights, student accountability, employee criminal history checks, open meetings, freedom of information requirements, and generally accepted accounting principles.
|-
| 14 || '''Automatic collective bargaining exemption''', whereby public charter schools are exempt from any outside collective bargaining agreements, while not interfering with laws and other applicable rules protecting the rights of employees to organize and be free from discrimination.
|-
| 15 || '''Multi-school charter contracts and/or multi-charter contract boards allowed''', whereby an independent public charter school board may oversee multiple schools linked under a single charter contract or may hold multiple charter contracts.
|-
| 16 || '''Extra-curricular and interscholastic activities eligibility and access''', where: (a) public charter school students and employees are eligible for state- and district- sponsored interscholastic leagues, competitions, awards, scholarships, and recognition programs to the same extent as traditional public school students and employees; and (b) students at charters that do not provide extra-curricular and interscholastic activities have access to those activities at traditional public schools for a fee via a mutual agreement.
|-
| 17 || '''Clear identification of special education responsibilities''', including clarity on which entity is the local education agency (LEA) responsible for such services and how such services are to be funded (especially for low-incident, high cost cases).
|-
| 18 || '''Equitable operational funding and equal access to all state and federal categorical funding''', flowing to the school in a timely fashion and in the same amount as district schools following eligibility criteria similar to all other public schools.
|-
| 19 || '''Equitable access to capital funding and facilities''', including multiple provisions such as: a per-pupil facility allowance (equal to statewide average per-pupil capital costs); facility grant and revolving loan programs; a charter school bonding authority (or access to all relevant state tax-exempt bonding authorities available to all other public schools); the right of first refusal to purchase or lease at or below fair market value a closed or unused public school facility or property; and clarity that no state or local entity may impose any facility-related requirements that are stricter than those applied to traditional public schools.
|-
| 20 || '''Access to relevant employee retirement systems''', with the option to participate in a similar manner to all other public schools.
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan="7" align="left"|<small>'''Source:''' [http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/StateRankings2014.pdf ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2014," accessed November 1, 2014]
|}
 
==="Health of the Movement"===
In 2014, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its first report on the quality of the national charter school movement. The study measured state charter schools against 11 criteria and ranked the 26 states that enrolled at least 1 percent of their students in charter schools ''and'' participated in a 2013 study by the [[Center for Research on Education Outcomes]].<ref name=HealthMovement>[http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/health-of-the-movement-2014.pdf ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "The Health of the Public Charter School Movement, 2014," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref> The organization weighted each indicator from one to four and then gave each state a score of zero to four for each indicator. The highest possible score was 116.
 
The goal of the study was to measure the correlation between state charter school laws and charter school performance. The report found that generally, states with laws that ranked higher in their ''Measuring Up'' study also did well in this study. Regarding the results, the researchers noted that a strong charter school law is not the only requirement of a healthy charter school system, that there are exceptions to the rule (recognizing that some states with poor laws ranked high in ''Health of the Movement''), and that there exists a lag between policy changes and results.<ref name=HealthMovement/>
 
The table below compares state ''Health of the Movement'' rankings with the rank of their public charter school laws. To access the full report, [http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/health-of-the-movement-2014.pdf click here].
 
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible " style="background:none; text-align:center; width:75%;"
! colspan="5" align="center" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;" |''Health of the Movement'' rankings versus state charter school law rankings
|-
! style="background-color:blue; color: white;" |State
! style="background-color:blue; color: white;" |''Health of the Movement'' ranking
! style="background-color:blue; color: white;" |Score (out of 116)
! style="background-color:blue; color: white;" |Law ranking (out of 43)
! style="background-color:blue; color: white;" |Score (out of 228)
|-
| '''[[Public education in Arizona|Arizona]]'''||14||59||16||147
|-
| '''[[Public education in Arkansas|Arkansas]]'''||20||45||29||128
|-
| '''[[Public education in California|California]]'''||8||72||9||156
|-
| '''[[Public education in Colorado|Colorado]]'''||12||63||5||163
|-
| '''[[Public education in the District of Columbia|District of Columbia]]'''||1||104||10||153
|-
| '''[[Public education in Florida|Florida]]'''||11||70||8||156
|-
| '''[[Public education in Georgia|Georgia]]'''||18||47||22||138
|-
| '''[[Public education in Illinois|Illinois]]'''||13||60||31||125
|-
| '''[[Public education in Indiana|Indiana]]'''||7||73||2||170
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Louisiana|Louisiana]]'''||2||85||3||167
| 2011||$7.5 million ||$8.0 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]'''||6||73||11||151
| 2012||$5.9 million ||$5.9 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Michigan|Michigan]]'''||3||84||18||145
| 2013||$6.6 million ||$7.1 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Minnesota|Minnesota]]'''||16||56||1||174
| 2014||$10.3 million ||$7.9 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Missouri|Missouri]]'''||15||57||26||132
| 2015 ||$7.3 million||$9.1 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Nevada|Nevada]]'''||26||32||13||150
| 2016 ||$9.6 million ||$9.5 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in New Jersey|New Jersey]]'''||4||76||32||116
| 2017 ||$12.8 million ||$10.8 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in New Mexico|New Mexico]]'''||21||44||12||150
| 2018||$11.5 million ||$12.0 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in New York|New York]]'''||5||75||7||158
| 2019||$16.3 million ||$13.7 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in North Carolina|North Carolina]]'''||22||42||19||144
| 2020||$10.6 million ||$10.6 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Ohio|Ohio]]'''||17||56||28||129
| 2021||$17.8 million ||$10.1 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Oregon|Oregon]]'''||25||35||27||129
| 2022||$18.0 million ||$18.9 million
|-
|-
| '''[[Public education in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'''||23||24||24||437
| 2023||$26.6 million ||$16.1 million
|-
</datatable>
| '''[[Public education in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]'''||10||70||34||113
|-
| '''[[Public education in Tennessee|Tennessee]]'''||9||71||35||112
|-
| '''[[Public education in Texas|Texas]]'''||19||47||23||137
|-
| '''[[Public education in Utah|Utah]]'''||24||38||25||134
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan="5" align="left"|<small>'''Source:''' [http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/health-of-the-movement-2014.pdf ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' "The Health of the Public Charter School Movement: A State-By-State Analysis," accessed November 1, 2014]</small>
|}
 
Click on the chart below to see a list of the measurements used in the study.
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="background:none; width:70%;"
! align="center" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;" |Indicators used to assess the health of the charter school movement
|- style="background-color:blue; color: white;"
| '''Growth'''
|-
| 1. Public school share
|-
| 2. Public school student share
|-
| 3. Students by race and ethnicity
|-
| 4. Students in special populations (i.e., free and reduced-price lunch
status, special education status, and English learner status)
|-
| 5. Schools by geographic distribution
|-
| 6. Communities with more than 10 percent of students in public charter schools
|-
| 7. New public charter schools opened over the past five years
|-
| 8. Public charter schools closed over the past five years
|- style="background-color:blue; color: white;"
| '''Innovation'''
|-
| 9. Public charter schools reporting use of various innovative practices (i.e., extended day, extended
year, year-round calendar, independent study, school-to-work, and higher education courses)
|- style="background-color:blue; color: white;"
| '''Quality'''
|-
| 10. Additional days of learning in reading
|-
| 11. Additional days of learning in math
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
|align="left"|<small>'''Source:''' [http://www.publiccharters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/health-of-the-movement-2014.pdf ''National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,'' The Health of the Public Charter School Movement: A State-By-State Analysis," accessed November 1, 2014]</small>
|}
 
====Criticism====
According to an article on the website ''Governing'', critics have noted that the study includes little information that differs from what has been reported in ''Measuring Up'', stating that much more data was included on a state's friendliness to charter schools than on the quality and performance of these schools. They have also pointed out that "the rankings set a low bar for academic quality by comparing charter schools with local public districts, many of which are struggling urban schools, rather than with top-performing schools elsewhere."<ref>[http://www.governing.com/news/headlines/gov-state-charter-school-systems-ranked-in-new-report.html ''Governing,'' "State Charter School Systems Ranked," accessed October 10, 2014]</ref>
 
In the report, the organization stated a reason for the limited quality measurements:
{{quote|When we began our data-gathering efforts, we set out to gather data on almost a dozen indicators related to quality, including postsecondary activity rates, graduation rates, and attendance rates. However, we were able to include only two of them in this year’s report because of the significant data collection challenges that we encountered. These two data points, from CREDO’s 2013 National Charter Schools Study, are the only source of student outcome data across a large number of states that allows a meaningful and fair comparison of similar students within public charter and traditional public schools. It is important to note that we are doubling down on our data collection efforts and plan to increase the number of quality indicators that we use in future reports.|source=<ref name=HealthMovement/>
}}
 
==Recent news==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Ballotpedia:WikiProject Influencers|Influencers project]]
* [[Education Policy|Education policy project]]
* [[Policypedia/Education Policy|Education policy project]]
* [[Education policy in the United States]]
* [[Education policy in the United States]]
* [[What is an influencer|What is an influencer?]]


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.publiccharters.org/ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools official website]
* [http://www.publiccharters.org/ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools website]
* [https://twitter.com/charteralliance National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on X]
* [https://www.instagram.com/charteralliance/ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on Instagram]
* [https://www.facebook.com/CharterSchools/ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on Facebook]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/company/charteralliance National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on LinkedIn]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJb635LGSACWpsnI0GjfgA National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on YouTube]


==References==
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 16:13, 25 July 2025

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Napcs.png
Basic facts
Location:Washington, D.C.
Type:501(c)(3)
Top official:Starlee Coleman, President & CEO
Year founded:2005
Website:Official website

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education reform group advocating for the growth of charter schools. The organization is based in Washington, D.C. In addition to advocacy, the group also performs research and issues reports, such as Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws and The Health of the Movement: A State by State Analysis.[1]

Background

The organization was founded in 2005 by four philanthropic organizations: Doris & Donald Fisher Fund, Walton Family Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[2]

As of July 2025, the group's mission statement was: "to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter school movement."[3]

Leadership

As of July 2025, the following individuals served on the board of directors of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools:[4]

  • Rick Cruz, Chair
  • Derrell Bradford, Vice Chair
  • Bill Kurtz, Secretary
  • Joanne Weiss, Treasurer
  • Richard Berlin
  • Emma Bloomberg
  • Myrna Castrejón
  • Reed Hastings
  • Shavar Jeffries
  • Marc Lampkin
  • Marlon Marshall
  • Tim Nicolette
  • Ana Ponce
  • Caroline Roemer

Work and activities

As of July 2025, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools' website listed the following as focus areas:[1]

“
  • We Ensure Federal Funding for Charter Schools
  • We Fight and Win State-Level Battles
  • We Are Strong Legal Advocates
  • We Convene a Broad Coalition
  • We Elevate the Charter Schools Brand
  • We Inform the Movement[5]
 ”

Legislative and policy work

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools lobbies for increases to the Charter Schools Program. According to the group's website: "The Charter Schools Program (CSP) is the sole source of federal funding devoted entirely to supporting charter schools. Growing the CSP is integral to the success of charter schools and meeting the needs of the millions of students attending or wanting to attend a charter school. We continually advocate for and rally behind increased funding and support to open, replicate, and expand charter schools."[1]

Notable endorsements

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Finances

The following is a breakdown of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools 's revenues and expenses from 2011 to 2023. The information comes from ProPublica

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools financial data 2011-2023
Year Revenue Expenses
2011 $7.5 million $8.0 million
2012 $5.9 million $5.9 million
2013 $6.6 million $7.1 million
2014 $10.3 million $7.9 million
2015 $7.3 million $9.1 million
2016 $9.6 million $9.5 million
2017 $12.8 million $10.8 million
2018 $11.5 million $12.0 million
2019 $16.3 million $13.7 million
2020 $10.6 million $10.6 million
2021 $17.8 million $10.1 million
2022 $18.0 million $18.9 million
2023 $26.6 million $16.1 million

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "What We Do," accessed July 25, 2025
  2. ↑ Philanthropy Roundtable, "National Alliance for Public Charter Schools," archived May 30, 2017, accessed July 25, 2025
  3. ↑ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "Who We Are," accessed July 25, 2025
  4. ↑ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "Board of Directors," accessed July 25, 2025
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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