Our Work
- Educate
- Serve
- Guide
- Promote
- Advocate
Our in-house experts partner with school and industry leaders to provide dozens of trainings, best practice sharing opportunities and guidance on key topics including school operations, human resources, finance, facilities management and more.
Our direct services – including Teacher Certification Reviews and State Assessment Scoring Consortium, to name a few – are designed to build schools’ capacity to effectively (and efficiently!) serve their students and staff.
For more than 20 years, the Charter Center’s teams have collected exemplars, produced FAQs and guidance, and vetted service providers to help build schools’ knowledge and capacity. School teams are encouraged to check out our online Resource Library and Vendor List.
The Charter Center’s marketing and PR teams work to educate families about the charter school option. We promote schools via the NYC Charter School FINDER, Open House Calendar and Common Online Charter School Application. We also seek to dispel charter school myths and misinformation to ensure policymakers stay informed. Get the Facts!
Our team is committed to ensuring NYC charter schools receive the funding and services they are entitled to as public schools. We monitor city and state laws and regulations, push back on bureaucratic creep, and work to operationalize new policies and procedures to the benefit of charter schools and their students.
nyc charter schools
150,500
number of students enrolled in NYC public charter schools
285
charter schools across approximately 420 campuses in New York City
82.9%
of charter school students are economically disadvantaged
19.3%
of charter school students have IEPs
Our fact sheets dispel myths and correct misinformation about NYC charter schools.
Charter schools deserve a voice in NYC’s public education system. We seek to educate and dispel myths with our outreach.
Charter Voices
Charters in the News
