Web Sites

National Charter School Alliance
http://www.charterfriends.org
Formerly known as the Charter Friends National Network the National Charter School Alliance is a new national non-profit organization established to continue and expand on the work of the Charter Friends National Network (CFNN). Its mission is to promote quality charter schools by strengthening its member organizations and by acting as an effective and credible voice for charter schools nationally. It will have its national offices in Washington, D.C., but continue CFNN’s practice of engaging grassroots charter school leaders and sharing their experiences, successes and “lessons learned” with their colleagues in other states.

uscharterschools.org
http://www.uscharterschools.org
The US Charter Schools web site is a valuable source of information and knowledge for charter school developers, operators, parents, researchers and policy makers. Specifically, this web site provides a wide range of information and links to resources to guide charter schools in every phase of their development, from start-up, to expansion, to renewal. It also provides a "Community Exchange" environment that allows for discussion and the exchange of ideas between schools and various support providers. Lastly, this site contains profiles of selected charter schools as well as contact information for resource centers to assist parents who are interested in learning more about and/or enrolling their children in a charter school.

The Center for Education Reform
http://edreform.com/index.html
The Center for Education Reform [CER] is a national, independent, non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1993 to provide support and guidance to parents and teachers, community and civic groups, policymakers and grassroots leaders, and all who are working to bring fundamental reforms to their schools. The site includes information on charter schools within a charter school page - http://www.edreform.com/charter_schools/.

National Association of Charter School Authorizers
http://www.charterauthorizers.org/site/nacsa/
NACSA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. Our mission is to promote the establishment and operation of quality charter schools through oversight in the public interest. We believe that charter schools can improve public education by increasing educational opportunities for students and educators and increasing educational accountability for all public schools.

National Charter School Clearinghouse
http://www.ncsc.info/
The National Charter School Clearinghouse (NCSC) works with the charter school community to provide:

• Interactive Website
• NCSC News: A near-monthly newsletter
• NCSC Review: A quarterly journal bringing useful ideas, humor, and non-boring scholarship to the charter school community
• National, strategically located conferences and summits
• Compilation of Charter School Funding Resources and Research

NCSC is a unique addition to the charter school community offering:

• Database of Grantwriters
• Discussion Groups (online forum)
• Funding Sources: detailed information about federal, state, corporate, and private opportunities
• Source of orderly information for public policy makers, schools, think tanks, and others

CharterSchoolLaw.com - A Guide to Charter School Resources on the Web
http://www.charterschoolaw.com/
CharterSchoolLaw.com is dedicated to offering a well organized collection of charter school resources and links to the charter school community.

Education Week's Charter Schools Page
http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=42
An overview of the charter school movement with an excellent collection of articles and essays.

Arizona Resources

Arizona Department of Education
http://www.ade.state.az.us/
The web site has a charter school page: http://www.ade.state.az.us/menus/three.asp