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Who Registers for the CBO Training Program? It Might Surprise You.

Registration is open until December 19 for the 2023 Charter Business Officer (CBO) Training Program! 

Each year, the CBO Training Program brings together a new cohort of charter school business and operations leaders to learn, ...

Highlights, Video, and Photos from the 2022 CSDC Conference

The 2022 CSDC Conference is a wrap! 

CSDC thanks the many California charter school leaders who traveled to the State Capital for the three-day event.

For CSDC, the 2022 Conference represented our largest event to date. Over two decades ...

Registration Now Open for the 2023 CBO Training Program!

Registration is now open for the 2023 Charter Business Officer (CBO) Training Program! 

What is the CBO Training Program?

The CBO Training Program brings together a new cohort of charter school business and operations leaders each spring to ...

The Rise of Ransomware is Increasingly Troubling, but a Few Smart Steps can Help Educators Keep their Schools Protected

Education technology researcher Doug Levin noted that “the number of charter schools that experienced [cyber] incidents reached an all-time high during 2020 (equating to 11 percent of all incidents experienced during 2020).”

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Title IX Training Required for Charter Schools: Offered at Upcoming CSDC Conference!

In 2020, the US Department of Education under (then) federal Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos amended Title IX regulations related to how schools must handle sexual harassment complaints among other things. This changed the process and ...

What Charter Leaders and Authorizers Should Know: Interpreting State Renewal Guidance

On October 13, charter school administrators and authorizers received the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Updates on Data for Charter School Appeals and Renewals letter regarding upcoming charter renewals, which restart in ...

Education Authors Presenting at the 2022 CSDC Conference

CSDC's biggest annual event, the 2022 California Charter School Leadership Update Conference, is just over a month away. 

Included amongst the presenters at this year's conference are a number of education authors whose works are grounded ...

Final Legislative Outcomes: Signatures and Vetoes

Governor Newsom vetoed several controversial education bills in recent days, sparing schools from burdensome new kindergarten mandates while signing many other measures.  Nearly 600 bills made it into the hands of Governor Gavin Newsom in ...

Can't Attend the CSDC Conference In-Person? Recorded Package Available Now!

We hope to see you in Sacramento for the 2022 California Charter Schools Leadership Update Conference on November 13-15, 2022.

If you’re unable to make it to Sacramento this year, don’t worry: there is another way to get the critical ...

Local Indicator Deadline this Friday, September 30 at 5:00PM

Charter schools have a particular interest in this Friday’s deadline to upload local indicator data to the California School Dashboard. Missing the deadline for two consecutive years is one of the ways that Local Education Agencies ...