Read about the success that Ashley Park PreK-8 has had using the family model. Principal Tonya Kales learned about the Family Model from ERS’ Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank’s book The Strategic School.
by Ann Doss Helms
Harvard Education Letter, January/February 2012
Federal education data show that states differ widely in how many students they designate for special education. Those differences could have a financial impact for some states in the face of possible cuts to federal aid.
by Ben Wieder
Stateline, January 24, 2012
Instead of treating them as “either/or” choices, smart school systems would combine “movin’ it” and “improvin’ it” policies to maximize increases in teaching effectiveness, writes Craig D. Jerald. Report references ERS.
by Craig Jerald
Center for American Progress, January 23, 2012
Play School Budget Hold’Em, an online game that lets you set your target budget-cut percentage and then pick where to spend more and where to spend less. Education Resource Strategies, a nonprofit organization that works with urban school districts to develop strategic and spending plans, developed the program.
by Molly Bloom
State Impact, December 29, 2011
PEN Weekly Newsblast, January 6, 2012
Last year, elementary school teacher Kathleen Stark had 21 children in her class. This year, in a different school, she has 110.
At Ashley Park PreK–8 School in Charlotte, N.C., Stark shares responsibility for the second- and third-graders in her “family” with six other classroom teachers, two special education teachers, a Title I tutor, and a facilitator.
by ANN DOSS HELMS
Harvard Education Letter, January/February 2012
Educators are bracing for a tough reality: As difficult as budget cuts have been on schools, more tough times are likely ahead.
by KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press, 10/24/2011
On Tuesday night, the American Jobs Act (AJA) died—the Senate voted 50-49 in favor of President Obama’s jobs bill, leaving it well short of the filibuster-proof majority it would have needed to pass.
by Simon van Zuylen-Wood
The New Republic, 10/13/2011
The Duval County School Board was recently presented with the final report from Education Resource Strategies, which for the last year has been working with the district to conduct a comprehensive resource analysis.
by Steve DiMattia
Examiner, September 29, 2011
St. Paul is looking to give its struggling schools a boost. Instead of distributing money to the schools based on enrollment numbers, Minnesota’s second-largest district is forging new territory by factoring in demographics and performance of students in the district’s roughly 70 schools and programs.
by Mila Koumpilova
Pioneer Press, 09/24/2011
Photo: Chip Dizard, Baltimore City Public School System
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