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Conflicting Missions and Unclear Results:
Lessons from the Education Stimulus Funds

Bellwether Education Partners report on impact of Stimulus Funding citing several examples of ERS work.

by Sara Mead, Anand Vaishnav, William Porter, and Andrew J. Rotherham
Bellwether Education Partners

Investing in the Central Office:
Why, even in times of fiscal uncertainty, strategic spending in support of school capacity makes sense

by Regis Anne Shields
The School Administrator, December 2010

Syracuse schools face $50 million budget gap:
750 jobs would need to be cut if district can't find more money or cut costs

by Maureen Nolan
Syracuse.com, November 17 2010

Full Cost of Professional Development Hidden

Karen Hawley Miles is interviewed in this article on real costs of professional development.

by Stephen Sawchuk
Education Week, November 10 2010

ERS Resource Guide Reviewed in The Education Gadfly

by Amanda Olberg
The Education Gadfly, October 21, 2010

Rochester City School District Reform Efforts:
Center for Governmental Research Cites ERS Work in Partner District

The mantra of “data-driven performance” has been used in the business community for years. Now educators in the Rochester City School District are working to make intelligent use of data more than a catchy slogan. Read the third of CGR’s 5-part series to learn how far they’ve come and have to go.

Resource Guides in Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News, September 20, 2010

ERS Resource Guides Mentioned in PEN Weekly Newsblast

PEN Weekly Newsblast, September 24, 2010

The Education Innovator:
ERS resources featured

US Department of Education, August 27, 2010

The Numbers Game:
Why Class Size Mandates Miss the Point

Stephen Frank guest blogs about class size mandates for Education Next

by Stephen Frank
Education Next, August, 23, 2010