This year, the California Charter Schools Association set out to better understand how charter public schools are performing with Latino students and whether there are best practices that charter and traditional public schools can adopt to collectively improve Latino academic performance in the state. This research brief includes an analysis of key strategies adopted at two exemplary charter public schools: Libertas College Preparatory Charter and Santa Rosa Academy. In addition, we provide an overview of the statewide composition of Latino students in California and their academic performance.
