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Publications School Support Professional Learning Turnaround

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
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
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
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
March 23, 2013

DREAM

You can do less with less, or you can change your district's cost model by rethinking how schools and systems are structured. DREAM allows you to adjust key cost levers in your district... More »

Leadership School Support Tools
March 20, 2013

Case Studies of Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools

These nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools served as the foundation for ERS’ report Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools. We dubbed... More »

School Design Publications
March 15, 2013

Essential School Practices

Before schools can systematically implement a district’s vision for excellent school practices, district leadership must clearly articulate exactly what school strategies they believe... More »

School Design School Support
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
January 2013

One Vision, Seven Strategies

One Vision, Seven Strategies is the culmination of ERS' deep experience working with school systems around the country. It presents our vision for transforming school systems and why... More »

Publications
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
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
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
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
April 18, 2012

School Budget Hold'em Facilitator's Guide

These easy-to-use instructions will help leaders organize and play School Budget Hold'em as a group. The Facilitator's Guide provides three different approaches for playing the game based... More »

Tools Publications
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
December 2011

The Resourceful School: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

The December 2011 Issue of Education Leadership focuses on tough times and strategies for making the most of decreasing budgets. ERS’ Karen Hawley Miles and Naomi Calvo (formerly from... More »

School Design Publications
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
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
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
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
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
June 7, 2011

Restructuring Resources for High-Performing Schools

Millions of education dollars are trapped each year. At this time of continued budget shortfalls when every dollar spent on education must yield maximum returns in student... More »

Special Education Publications
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
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 »

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