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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  November 03, 2015

  School Design in Action

  School Design in Action is a new section of our website that features interactive portraits of schools that are optimizing resources for student success. More »

  School Design
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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 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
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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 18, 2013

  School Funding Systems Analyses and Worksheets: Section 1

  The School Funding System worksheet series includes analysis sheets on the spending variation per pupil and worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure... More »

  School Funding Tools
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  March 18, 2013

  School Funding Systems Analyses and Worksheets: Section 2

  The School Funding System worksheet series includes analysis sheets on the spending variation per pupil and worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure... More »

  School Funding Tools
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  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
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  March 15, 2013

  Freeing School Resources for Learning

  Nationwide, districts and states seek to place more accountability for student performance with principals and teachers at the school level. We have found that schools implementing... More »

  School Design School Funding
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  March 15, 2013

  Matching Spending with Strategy

  The national focus on creating “standards based” schools and “accountability” is pushing school districts and schools to define their goals and priorities for student learning more... More »

  School Funding
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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

  Rethinking School Resources

  Today’s challenging goals change the job of teaching and the needs for resources. Yet the basic organization of schools looks much the same as it did fifty years ago. This brief presents... More »

  School Design
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  March 13, 2013

  Rethinking School System Resources to Create Excellence and Equity

  This New American Schools District Issues Brief provides an overview of three challenges related to the use and organization of resources as districts move to create higher performing... More »

  School Design School Funding
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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 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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  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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  December 19, 2012

  School Design Analyses and Worksheets: Section 1

  The School Design worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure effective school design and portfolio management. These analyses... More »

  School Design Tools
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  December 19, 2012

  School Design Analyses and Worksheets: Section 2

  The School Design worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure effective school design and portfolio management. These analyses... More »

  School Design Tools
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  December 19, 2012

  School Design Analyses and Worksheets: Section 3

  The School Design worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure effective school design and portfolio management. These analyses... More »

  School Design Tools
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  December 19, 2012

  School Design Analyses and Worksheets: Section 4

  The School Design worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure effective school design and portfolio management. These analyses... More »

  School Design Tools