Tools & Publications

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  August 2019

  Toolkit: What is Student-Based Budgeting and how can it drive student learning?

  Toolkits ERS in California
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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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  Toolkit: Guidance for New Superintendents

  Toolkits
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  Toolkit: New Teacher Support

  All school and district leaders want to grow their new teachers into effective educators who stay at their schools - yet most feel constrained by limited budgets. But it is possible to... More »

  Compensation Leadership Teaching Toolkits
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  April 2017

  Connected Professional Learning for Teachers

  Teachers need more support to meet the demands of college and career ready standards. Where can schools systems find the money, staff, and time to provide truly transformational... More »

  Compensation Publications District Leaders School Leaders ERS in California
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  May 2011

  A Strategic Spending Review of Syracuse City School District

  ERS final report summarizing research on the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and the participative community “work-out” process that was held in response to research results. The... More »

  School Design Special Education School Funding School Partners and Community School Support Presentations District Leaders
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  May 2013

  Video: Strategic Resources in Action

  Vidalia City Schools is one shining example of a district that strategically leverages its people, time, and money in the face of low funding levels and has seen steady growth in... More »

  Videos
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  April 01, 2013

  How to Facilitate a School Budget Hold’em Session

  Education Resource Strategies recently hosted a webinar on how to play the budget trade-off game called School Budget Hold'em. The game lets district leaders, and anyone involved in the... More »

  Presentations Videos
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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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  March 18, 2013

  Standards District Story: Washington, D.C.

  Ten years ago, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) had 65,000 students. Today it has fewer than 45,000. The severe enrollment decline was a wake-up call for the district. Starting in 2007, DCPS... More »

  Standards and Curricula Presentations Videos
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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 13, 2013

  School Budget Report for School District of Philadelphia: 2008-2009

  In the fall of 2007, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission to conduct a Resource Use Analysis for the School District of Philadelphia... More »

  School Funding Presentations
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  March 2013

  Leadership District Story: Charlotte

  In 2006, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District made a bold move. It began to strategically staff a subset of its lowest-performing schools with its district’s best principals. Five years... More »

  Leadership Presentations Videos
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  March 2013

  Partners District Story: Charlotte-Mecklenburg

  Despite success turning around many of its lowest-performing schools, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District found that nine of its schools were still struggling. To improve these... More »

  School Partners and Community Presentations Videos
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  March 2013

  Teaching District Story: Washington, D.C.

  Over the past decade, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) has faced severe enrollment decline–from 65,000 students to 45,000. As a result, the district took a hard look at their... More »

  Teaching Presentations Videos
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  March 2013

  Videos: District Stories

  ERS spoke with five leaders from our partner districts to explore what transformation really looks like in practice. The videos explore how each of the seven strategies from our School... More »

  Videos
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  March 2013

  Why Now?

  Hear from: Sam Franklin, Executive Director of the Office of Teacher Effectiveness, Pittsburgh Public Schools Brian Pick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, D.C. Public Schools Alyssa... More »

  Leadership School Partners and Community School Support Standards and Curricula Videos
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  March 2013

  Funding District Story: U-46, Elgin, Illinois

  In 2008, the U-46 School District in Illinois faced a budget deficit of $45 million. Instead of deciding to do less with limited funds, the district worked with the school board and... More »

  School Funding Presentations Funding & Portfolio
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  March 2013

  School Support District Story: Denver

  By transforming its central office from a compliance watchdog to a service and strategic partner, Denver Public Schools (DPS) was able to leverage data, technology, and training to... More »

  School Support Presentations Videos
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  February 28, 2013

  School System 20/20 Infographic

    The School System 20/20 infographic lets you see the possibilities for system transformation through ERS' seven-strategy framework. It illustrates the challenges to reallocating... More »

  Leadership School Partners and Community School Support Standards and Curricula Tools
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  January 28, 2013

  Resource Check™

  This web-based tool is designed to help you dive into the transformational strategies that lead to better resource use. Resource Check is a questionaire that tallies and analyzes your... More »

  Leadership School Partners and Community School Support Standards and Curricula Tools
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  November 2012

  Transform Now Video

  Our new video illustrates why now is the time to take bold action to transform our school systems. Please share it and join the movement of district leaders dedicated to transforming... More »

  Videos
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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 2013

  School Design District Story: Denver

  To improve student performance, Denver Public Schools (DPS) took an innovative look at how they could support individual school efforts to restructure and align their resources – people,... More »

  School Design Presentations Videos
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  January 17, 2012

  Denver Public Schools: ERS Resource Mapping Summary Report

  In January 2012, ERS delivered a public presentation to the Denver Public Schools Board of Education which summarized the results and recommendations stemming from of our year-long... More »

  School Design School Funding Presentations
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  October 2011

  Transformation or decline?

  Tough times provide school districts with the opportunity to make big changes, helping alleviate the budget pressure in the short term and create a new foundation that will provide the... More »

  Leadership School Design Special Education School Funding School Partners and Community School Support Standards and Curricula Teaching Publications
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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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  September 2011

  Realigning Resources for District Success

  After one year of in-depth resource analysis, ERS released a report on Duval County Public Schools (DCPS), Realigning Resources for District Success. The report provides a blueprint for... More »

  Leadership School Design School Funding School Support Teaching Presentations
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  September 2011

  Act Now to Transform School Systems

  Facing turbulent economic times, school districts instinctively fight to maintain their head above water, trying to minimize the damage being done. What if instead districts and state... More »

  Special Education Publications