School Budget Hold’em:ERS, November 3rd, 2011
Education funding decisions should never be left to chance. School Budget Hold ‘em 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.
The Resourceful School: by Naomi Calvo and Karen Hawley Miles
Educational Leadership, December 2011
The new Issue of Education Leadership focuses on tough times and strategies for making the most of decreasing budgets.
Sustaining Turnaround at Scale - Session Summaries
A brief description of every panel presentation from the ERS Summit, Sustaining Turnaround at Scale.
Memphis White Paper:ERS, October 27, 2010
If your school district is facing a budget issue, it might surprise you to learn that the solution might very well lie in a game of cards. That certainly was the case earlier this year for the city schools of Memphis, Tennessee.
Act Now to Transform School Systems by Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody
PIE Network, September 2011
This article identifies seven priorities that could help districts invest in transformation. It then reviews the barriers that prevent change and the steps state policy makers can take to overcome the barriers.
A Strategic Spending Review of Syracuse City School District: by Stephen Frank
ERS, May 2011
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 report shows how SCSD is in a strong position to improve and deliver on its promise for all children, but that to succeed,…
Video: Turnaround in ActionERS, March 2011
See how two schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC district are approaching turnaround.
Seven Strategies for District TransformationERS, September 2010
Learn about the seven key strategies for districts to improve student performance at scale.
The Teaching Job:ERS, December 2010
Take action to improve teaching and learning across your district’s schools.
School Design:ERS, October 2010
See how to align your resources with strategic school designs across your district.
Turnaround Schools:ERS, September 2010
Help ensure that efforts to turnaround the worst performing schools lead to sustainable improvement for the students.
School Funding Systems:ERS, September 2010
Use existing resources more effectively by shifting spending, targeting cuts, and laying the groundwork for long-term change.
The Strategic School: by Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank
Corwin Press 2008
Learn how schools can best use the resources they already have.
Read the nine detailed case studies that helped inform the report: Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools.
ResourceCheck™ Tool:ERS, July 2010
Take an online self-assessment to learn how your district’s resource use measures up to best practice.
by Regis Anne Shields and Karen Hawley Miles
ERS, 2008
This report illustrates how nine high performing, small urban high schools across the U.S. are thinking about and organizing their resources strategically to best meet their students’ most pressing needs.
Strategic Professional Development Review by Regis Anne Shields and Karen Hawley Miles
Harvard Education Press, 2009
Before district leaders can expand professional development to better support teachers, they must first determine not only the current investment level but also what that investment is buying. This chapter, from A Grand Bargain for Education Reform edited by Theodore Hershberg and Claire Robertson-Kraft, details…
Before schools can systematically implement a district’s vision for excellent school practices, district leadership must clearly articulate exactly what school strategies they believe will improve student learning. Many districts have gone to great lengths to communicate the “essential school practices” they want to see in their schools. Some use these…
Teaching Quality BriefERS, 2009
This brief describes a vision for investing in teaching quality at the school level and provides guiding questions.
ERS, June 2009
This presentation lays out a powerful process that districts can use to lay the groundwork for the kind of reform that will outlast the short-term funding of the stimulus and lead to dramatic improvement in student achievement.
Continuing to Improve Teaching Quality During Tough Economic Times by ERS
WEBINAR for Education Week, March 26, 2009
ERS’ Regis Shields presented at EdWeek’s webinar, “Creating Effective Teacher Professional Development in Tough Economic Times”
ERS, 2008
Prepared by Education Resource Strategies, this report reviews the School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) use of professional development resources. Despite Philadelphia’s low and unstable funding of professional development, ERS identifies ten opportunities SDP has to improve its teaching quality and leadership capacity. Most importantly, SDP needs to create an adequately…
ERS & Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 2004
Prepared by Education Resource Strategies and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, This report reviews BCPSS’s use of professional development resources and identifies areas for investment as part of a state-specified audit for improving the district’s operations and performance.
by Karen Hawley Miles, A. Odden, M. Fermanich, S. Archibald, and A. Gallagher
Journal of Education Finance, Summer 2004 Volume 30, Issue 1, pgs. 1-26
by Karen Hawley Miles
Staff Development Journal, Summer 2003
Good professional development is not the same thing as a good professional development strategy. The analysis looks at creating a powerful professional development plan that touches on every aspect of school and district organization.
by Karen Hawley Miles
American Education Finance Association, January 2003
Draft of chapter for American Education Finance Association 2003 Yearbook School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections.
ERS, 2002
A study of Chicago district Public Schools and tools for aligning professional development to student achievement. Published in partnership with Education Resource Strategies, 2002
by Karen Hawley Miles and Matthew Hornbeck
ERS, 2001
After four years of implementing Student’s First, a powerful strategic plan for improving student performance, the Cincinnati Public School System has put structures in place to encourage district wide improvement.
by Karen Hawley Miles and Matthew Hornbeck
New American Schools, 2000
This article explores options for rethinking how best to support teachers and schools in meeting higher standards.
by Karen Hawley Miles, 1999
ERS performed a repeat analysis in 2001 which showed resources being used in much more focused, integrated ways to support the district wide professional development strategy. An additional Professional Development audit, performed by Rachel Curtis, Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, using the ERS coding scheme, has resulted in recommendations…
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