The MU Charter Schools Office strives to provide accurate and timely information and resources to parents, school personnel, and other community members.  We hope to provide useful information about individual schools, the charter school sector, and related issues in education.  While most of our site focuses on the schools MU sponsors, we want to provide the community with information on schools of all kinds.  On this page, we provide links to other organizations, publications, and resources that we think might be helpful.

INFORMATION ON MISSOURI SCHOOLS

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)

  • The DESE Data Portal provides a large volume of current and longitudinal information about districts and individual schools–both traditional public schools and charter public schools.  Some information is in a searchable database and other information is in prepared spreadsheets and reports.
INFORMATION ON KANSAS CITY SCHOOLS

Show Me KC Schools

  • Searchable database of schools in Kansas City, MO, including traditional public, charter public, private and parochial schools

IFF Kansas City Quality Schools Study 2014-2015

  • IFF periodically provides maps of the cities it serves that provide information on the quality of traditional and charter public, parochial, and private schools.  The map provided indicates type of school and clicking on a school provides further information.
INFORMATION ON ST LOUIS SCHOOLS

St. Louis Post Dispatch School Guide

  • Searchable database of public schools in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, including traditional public schools and charter public schools

STL City Schools

  • Information on schools in St. Louis, including traditional public, charter public, private and parochial

IFF St. Louis Quality Schools Study 2014-2015

  • IFF periodically provides maps of the cities it serves that provide information on the quality of traditional and charter public, parochial, and private schools.  The map provided indicates type of school and clicking on a school provides further information.
CHARTER SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS

Missouri Charter Public School Association (MCPSA)

  • “Our purpose is to improve student achievement by increasing access to high quality charter public education options throughout Missouri”

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

  • National nonprofit association committed to advancing the public charter school movement
  • Statistics, publications and other resources for those interested in charter schools

National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)

  • “The National Association of Charter School Authorizers is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to more great public schools.”
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

Missouri DESE Charter School Office

  • The Charter Schools Office at Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides information on charter schools in Missouri and resources for the community to learn more about charter schools.