Rhode Island Department of Education
www.ride.ri.gov
R.I. Department of Education- Charter School Enrollment
United States Department of Education
www.ed.gov
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
www.publiccharters.org
The Center for Education Reform
www.edreform.com
National Charter School Resource Center
www.charterschoolcenter.org
Education for Change
www.efcps.org
National Charter Schools Institute
www.nationalcharterschools.org
Our 20 schools serve the public, are free and open to the public, funded by the public and held accountable to the public. We enroll students through a fair and transparent lottery system, which is open to all students, including many from low income, diverse communities.
Whether we’re working with traditional public school leaders or a team of teachers is working collaboratively within their own department, we are always seeking new ways to improve student achievement. We work closely with families and community partners, providing invaluable educational experiences for students that don’t end once students leave their classrooms. We have flexibility around how we spend our resources and run our programs, helping us explore best practices and share them with both charter and traditional public schools.
We teach differently because we know that students learn differently. We find innovative approaches to each lesson and we don’t stop until we know what works. We are striving every day to close the achievement gap in our public schools and have shown strong results on state testing and other measures of success.