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A needle in a haystack

A needle in a haystack

Are You Ready for a Federal Grant for Your Charter School?

Is a grant the right answer for your school?

Is a grant the right answer for your school?

Is a grant the answer for your school? (Not always)

Best Practices

Best Practices

What's wrong with best practices?

Have You Kept Your Promise Today? Communicating Your Charter School’s Purpose

Have You Kept Your Promise Today? Communicating Your Charter School’s Purpose

Have You Kept Your Promise Today? Communicating Your Charter School’s Purpose

Why do grants matter? (My shocking secret)

Why do grants matter? (My shocking secret)

Why do grants matter? (My shocking secret)

Teachers who lead

Teachers who lead

Unlock Hidden Talent: Use Classroom Grants to Build Teacher Leadership

A person in a straw hat reads a book while relaxing in a colorful hammock. The setting is a lush, sunny garden, evoking tranquility.

A person in a straw hat reads a book while relaxing in a colorful hammock. The setting is a lush, sunny garden, evoking tranquility.

Catch Up On What Everyone Is Reading This Summer

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Hands of businesspeople point to graphs on papers during a meeting. Papers on a white table, blue and white charts visible.

Do I Really Need a Grant-Writing Committee?

What’s the best way to make sense of this data? It’s hard to find time to focus on the numbers.

What’s the best way to make sense of this data? It’s hard to find time to focus on the numbers.

How To Analyze the Data To Get the Results You Want

Taking Account of Personal Relationships between Students in Teaching

Taking Account of Personal Relationships between Students in Teaching

Taking Account of Personal Relationships between Students in Teaching

Workspace with a computer displaying "YOUR BIO TELLS YOUR STORY" over stationery. Desk holds books, clock, and plants against a blue wall.

Workspace with a computer displaying "YOUR BIO TELLS YOUR STORY" over stationery. Desk holds books, clock, and plants against a blue wall.

School Leaders: How to Write a Digital Bio that Builds Trust

Choose which problems you are going to deal with first

Choose which problems you are going to deal with first

Charter School Leaders: How to increase your impact and influence in 10 steps

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Neon "FAQs" sign on a brick wall background, with text about turning FAQs into a marketing tool. Warm glow, engaging mood.

How to Create Powerful FAQs for Your Charter School

Leading the mission means that everyone at your charter school deeply understands and embraces the mission of the school.

Leading the mission means that everyone at your charter school deeply understands and embraces the mission of the school.

Leading the mission: a challenge worth taking

Major Grants for Charter Schools: 8 Common Mistakes to Avoid (and what to do instead)

Major Grants for Charter Schools: 8 Common Mistakes to Avoid (and what to do instead)

Major Grants for Charter Schools: 8 Common Mistakes to Avoid (and what to do instead)

Time to Think About Succes

Time to Think About Succes

Your Mission Statement and Why It's Important

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A silhouetted hand holds a lit candle against a gradient background, creating a calm and reflective mood.

Charter School Leaders: Are you the keeper of the flame?

Time to break these habits

Time to break these habits

Charter School Leaders: Top 10 Habits of Mind You Need to Break

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Desktop with grant writing paperwork

Inside CSP Grants: How Charter School Applications Are Reviewed and Scored

Top 10 Blogs for Charter School Leaders

Top 10 Blogs for Charter School Leaders

Top 10 Education Blogs Every Charter School Leader Should Follow

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