Tools & Publications

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  March 12, 2019

  Weighted Student Funding

  ERS has partnered with a number of districts on implementing weighted student funding (WSF), which is also known as fair student funding or student-based budgeting. This presentation... More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting Presentations
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  April, 2013

  ERS' Teacher Compensation Workshop

  School districts have the responsibility to design a compensation structure that maximizes their ability to meet teacher recruitment and retention goals within the context of long-term... More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Presentations Videos
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  April 2013

  Misfit Structures & Lost Opportunities

  One out of a series of three ERS publications on teacher compensation, this paper explores how to rethink compensation and career paths to attract and retain the most effective teachers. More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Publications
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  March 14, 2013

  Turnaround Case Studies

  “Turnaround Case Studies” is an analysis of strategies to turn around low-performing schools undertaken by six large urban districts and four education management organizations. These... More »

  Turnaround Presentations
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  March 12, 2013

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit: Posters

  View the posters that compare the turnaround strategies of the districts that attended Education Resource Strategies’ Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. ERS held... More »

  Turnaround
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  March 12, 2013

  VUE: Voices in Urban Education

  The Annenberg Institute for School Reform’s Voices in Urban Education publication, produced in partnership with ERS, grew from the ERS-convened Fair Student Funding Summit in March 2010.... More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting Publications
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  December, 2012

  Rethinking the Value Proposition to Improve Teaching Effectiveness

  One of a series of three publications on rethinking teacher compensation. Rethinking the Value Proposition to Improve Teaching Effectiveness explores the complete set of offerings and... More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Publications
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  November 2012

  Strategic Design of Teacher Compensation

  This paper explores typical goals of compensation redesign and implications for five main design considerations, including: base salary, district priority incentives, school roles,... More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Publications
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  October 2012

  Fair Student Funding in Baltimore City

  This full report of Baltimore Public Schools (City Schools) explores the implementation process and results of a fair student funding system. Fair Student Funding in Baltimore City (PDF) More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting Presentations Publications
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  September 2012

  Fair Student Funding and Other Reforms

  After examining Baltimore City Public Schools' implementation of fair student funding and accompanying reforms, ERS shares the extent to which City Schools met the objectives and... More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting Presentations Publications
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  March 15, 2012

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit Briefs

  This series compiles and analyzes the results of our Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. More »

  Turnaround Publications
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  October 2011

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit: Session Summaries

  View the session summaries from ERS’ Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. A major effort is underway in school districts across the country to improve the academic... More »

  Turnaround
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  October 2011

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit: Videos

  View videos from ERS’ Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. Panelists from the ERS Summit share some thoughts on successful turnaround. Panelists on the closing... More »

  Turnaround Videos
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  March 2011

  Video: Turnaround in Action

  See how two schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC)–winner of the prestigious 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education–are approaching turnaround. Both schools are achieving... More »

  Turnaround Videos
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  January 2011

  Turning Around the Nation’s Lowest Performing Schools

  Across the country, states and school districts are focusing on turning around the nation’s lowest-performing schools. This focus on school turnaround, while welcome, is not new. And... More »

  School Support Turnaround Publications
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  September 2010

  Turnaround Schools

  Turnaround efforts at individual schools will not result in widespread, sustainable change without fundamental shifts in the way districts evaluate school, student, and teacher needs and... More »

  School Support Turnaround Tools
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  April 2010

  Breaking the Cycle of Failure in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

  In this case study of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Strategic Staffing Initiative, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) and the Aspen Institute tell the important story of how one district is... More »

  School Design School Support Turnaround Presentations Publications
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  March 2010

  Fair Student Funding Summit: District Summaries

  In March 2010, urban education leaders gathered in Baltimore, MD for the Fair Student Funding Summit, a conference that brought together districts that use weighted student funding (WSF)... More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting Publications Funding & Portfolio
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  2009

  Strategic Professional Development Review

  Before district leaders can expand professional development to better support teachers, they must first determine not only the current investment level but also what that investment is... More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Publications
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  2008

  Strategic Professional Development Review of the School District of Philadelphia

  This report reviews the School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) use of professional development resources. Despite Philadelphia’s low and unstable funding of professional development, ERS... More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Presentations
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  2006

  Understanding Student-Weighted Allocation as a Means to Greater School Resource Equity

  As attention shifts to how districts allocate resources to schools, student-weighted allocation has emerged as an alternative to traditional staff-based allocation policies.... More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting Publications
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  2004

  Inside the Black Box of Professional Development Spending

  Standards-based reform has entered a new phase that puts professional development of teachers at the center of the discussion. Research tells us that intensive, high-quality professional... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching Professional Learning
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  August 01, 2003

  Chicago Public Schools Professional Development Project

  This project began as a result of a concern about how to strengthen the professional development of teachers and leaders throughout the Chicago Public Schools. Leaders of the district as... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching Professional Learning Presentations Publications School Leaders
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  January 2003

  Rethinking District Professional Development Spending to Support School Improvement

  School districts across the country already invest significant sums of money each year in professional development to improve schools and teacher practice. The five districts studied here... More »

  Teaching Professional Learning Publications
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  2003

  Leveling the Playing Field

  When the Cincinnati Public Schools devised a reform strategy for improving student performance, it became clear that the district's traditional budgeting system was inadequate. The... More »

  School Funding Student-Based Budgeting
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  December 1999

  Professional Development Spending in the Boston Public Schools

  ERS supported Boston Public Schools and the Boston Plan for Excellence-Boston Annenberg Challenge in conducting an in-depth analysis of the district’s existing professional development... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching Professional Learning Presentations