Tools & Publications

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  October 2017

  Budget Hold’em for Districts

  Budget Hold'em for Schools is more than a game, it’s an interactive exploration of the thoughtful trade-offs school administrators have to make in these challenging budget times. More »

  Tools District Leaders
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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 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

  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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  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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  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

  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
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  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
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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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  November 2009

  Are You Getting the Most Out of Your ARRA Spending?

  These are tough times for schools and districts, and they will get tougher. Federal stimulus funds have created some breathing room, but unless districts use these funds to plan for and... More »

  School Design School Funding School Support Standards and Curricula Teaching
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  April 2009

  Realigning Resources for District Transformation

  This paper, written with the Center for American Progress, gives state and district leaders 15 concrete ways to use all resources—current and new—for long-term transformation. More »

  Leadership School Design School Funding School Partners and Community School Support Standards and Curricula Teaching Publications
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  March 2009

  Continuing to Improve Teaching Quality During Tough Economic Times

  ERS Director Regis Shields presented at EdWeek’s webinar, “Creating Effective Teacher Professional Development in Tough Economic Times.” To turn tough times into opportunity, districts... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching Videos
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  2004

  Becoming a Capable and Accountable System

  In 2003–2004, ERS and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform analyzed how Baltimore City Public School System utilizes its professional development resources and examined the alignment... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching
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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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  May 2001

  Getting to the Heart of School Improvement

  Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) is now four years into implementing Student’s First, a powerful strategic plan for improving student performance. This report, requested by Superintendent... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching Presentations
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  2000

  Reinvesting in Teachers

  ERS with New American Schools, primary support from the Pew Charitable Trusts, has partnered with one or two reform-minded districts each year for three years to analyze spending on... More »

  Standards and Curricula Teaching