Community Development Resources

The Charter Coalition eNewsletter Archive

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• 2007 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape. Published by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (2007)
  
  
• The Answer Key: How to Develop, Plan, and Finance Your Charter School Facility, Prepared by NCB Capital Impact (2007)
  
  
• "A Building Need: Charter Schools in Search of Good Homes," Kim Smith and James Willcox, Education Next (Spring 2004)
  
  
• Jump-Starting the Charter School Movement: A Guide for Donors, Prepared by Public Impact, Published by the Philanthropy Roundtable (January 2004)
  
  
• “Assessing the Performance of Charter Schools,” Thomas A. Nida and Bridget C. Bradley, The RMA Journal, pp.48-57 (December 2002-January 2003)
  
  
• The Finance Gap: Charter Schools and their Facilities (Findings From a Nine-Month Study), Prepared by New York University’s Institute for Education and Social Policy, Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, and LISC (January 2004)
  
  
• “Lending to Charter Schools,” Thomas A. Nida, The RMA Journal, pp. 52-61 (May 2002)
  
  
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