CPICS | Coalition of Public Independent Charter Schools | Advocacy

Empowering and advocating for public independent charter schools.

Students, families, educators—indeed the entire country—need a national, independent, democratically organized group to advocate for independently managed, financially transparent, community oriented public charter schools as articulated in our Statement of Principles.

-- Resolution passed at the 1st Independent Charter School Symposium

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ICSS20

Registration and Request for Presentations begin February 2020

Our 1st Virtual Conference

Thank you to all the schools, guests, education luminaries that joined us at #ICSVC18

Watch Now: National Virtual Meeting

Check out a recording of our national virtual meeting recorded on March 27, 2020

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The Coalition of Public Independent Charter Schools is a national voice for community-based public charter schools. We celebrate and support innovative, inclusive, and transparent approaches to education. CPICS connects school leaders and communities by sharing effective practices through advocacy and service.

68%

of all charter schools in the US are freestanding, independent
charter schools*

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Charter school leaders from across the country attended the first Independent Charter School Symposium in October 2017

Charter school leaders and advocates formed a National Coordinating Committee to take back the conversation and move the charter movement forward

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STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES