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School System 20/20 Infographic
Re-envision School Systems for Great Schools at Scale
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 people, time, and money, so that every school succeeds for every child, and it shows what's possible. View the... More »
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Act Now to Transform School Systems
Article in PIE
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 policy makers took the current tough times to leverage change and transform? This article identifies seven... More »
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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 schools. Four additional briefs listed in the end-notes discuss these critical areas of resource allocation in... More »
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ERS has produced a new report which challenges school system leaders to rethink the traditional definition of teacher professional development. More »
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One Vision, Seven Strategies is the culmination of ERS' deep experience working with school systems around the country. It presents our vision for transforming school systems and why restructuring resources is the first, most crucial step to improving education for large urban school systems. It... More »
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Read the latest School System 20/20 e-newsletter and sign up to receive them in the future. More »
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School Design District Story: Denver
Denver Public Schools Takes Action on Strategic School Design
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, time, and money – to drive student achievement. More »
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Taking Stock of the Fiscal Costs of Expanded Learning Time
With increasing demands for improved student performance, many education policymakers are considering reforms that would expand learning time for all students. In fact, there are now numerous examples of individual schools that have implemented some form of expanded learning. This paper discusses... More »
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Time and Attention in Urban High Schools
Lessons for Urban School Systems
There is no disputing that for high school students to be college and career ready, they need adequate time to learn and individualized attention to meet their academic goals, learning styles, and social needs. Through our work, we have studied many high-performing schools that are using every... More »
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Sustaining Successful Turnaround
April Issue of School System 20/20 E-news
Read the latest School System 20/20 e-newsletter. More »
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Restructuring Compensation and Career Paths
May Issue of School System 20/20 E-news
Our School System 20/20 e-newsletter is a monthly guide for district leaders striving to transform the system. View the May 2013 issue of the School System 20/20 E-news. More »
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Professional Growth & Support System Self-Assessment
Assess How Your School System Aligns with the Eight Principles of Strategic Professional Growth & Support
The Professional Growth & Support System Self-Assessment helps school systems evaluate their current Professional Growth & Support strategy. The self-assessment is organized around the Eight Principles of Strategic Professional Growth & Support. More »
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A New Vision for Teacher Professional Growth & Support
Six Steps to a More Powerful School System Strategy
In this publication, ERS expands the traditional definition of teacher Professional Development to Professional Growth & Support, which includes any use of people, time, and money that targets improvement of teaching. More »
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Support Teachers More Effectively
June issue of School System 20/20 e-news
Our School System 20/20 e-newsletter is a monthly guide for district leaders striving to transform the system. View the June issue here. More »
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The Buzz Around School Budget Hold'em
Connecticut School System Leaders Re-Think the Budgeting Process
At the LEAD Connecticut Summit, state school leaders challenged each other to step outside of the constraints of their day to day decision-making, and think of budgets as an expression of their dreams and visions for their school systems. More »
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Equity, Transparency, Flexibility
You’re a district leader who wants to see higher student achievement and balance your district budget—and that is getting harder. Budget cuts loom for at least another couple of years. There is pressure to use federal stimulus dollars to fill gaps and backfill longstanding programs... More »
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Vidalia City Schools Tops in Resource Management
Stephen Frank was interviewed by a radio show regarding Vidalia School District's impressive use of resources. More »
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New York Times Editorial on Charlotte NC
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has vowed to press states to remake the 5,000 or so chronically failing schools that account for about half of the nation’s dropouts and usually serve — or more to the point fail to serve — the poorest children. A $4 billion school improvement fund is intended to... More »
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For a turnaround strategy to make a sustainable difference in a district, the first investment has to go toward restructuring the dollars that are already there. More »