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What Stops Charter Boards From Delivering Results?

Charter schools exist to deliver exceptional results. But, more than that, charter schools exist to deliver even more exceptional results than thought possible with public education. That’s the charter school…
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Helping Today’s Youth: 6 Benefits of After-School Enrichment Programs

This blog was updated on July 25th, 2023. After-school enrichment programs offer many benefits, such as: Building on different skill sets Inspiring future career paths Improving school-day attendance In fact,…
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What Should Your Charter School’s Board Meeting Minutes Look Like?

Minutes are a record of what was done at your board meeting. They’re legal documents that auditors and other verifiers may review. And, as an important part of transparency compliance,…
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What Committees Should Your Board Have?

Active, engaged board committees are the engines of high-functioning charter school boards. Yet, charter schools consistently report having active committees among their top three governance priorities (as shown in our…
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How to Incorporate Parent Fees into Your After-School Program Business Plan

An after-school business plan helps support the long-term sustainability of a program. As programs grow and evolve, it makes sense to revisit funding strategy, particularly the funding sources that are…
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Data-Driven Academic Excellence for Charter Boards

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…
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Top Ten Mistakes of Charter School Founding Boards

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…
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What is a Governance Committee?

Your Governance Committee is essential to support the health and function of your board. Just like a personal trainer, if you don’t have someone pushing you to keep exercising those…
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What’s a Development Committee?

With the right structure, process, and accountability practices, the Development Committee [also known as the Fundraising Committee] can become one of the most valuable assets to your board and organization…
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Who’s Your BoardOnTrack Champion?

Every charter needs someone on the team to be their good governance champion; someone who carries the torch for good governance. That’s true whether or not you’re a BoardOnTrack member.…