When the Every Student Succeeds Act handed states massive new flexibilities – with significant dollars attached – to support improvement efforts in struggling schools, the question was,...
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Over three years, HPS saw an eight percent drop in enrollment. Instead of just closing schools, they re-envisioned what it would take to provide an excellent education - to ALL students
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As the Memphis-area district adopted more rigorous curriculum, they knew that every school an effective professional development model to help teachers master the material. Here are some...
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Our Strategic System e-newsletter is a monthly guide for district leaders striving to align resources—people, time, and money—to improve student learning.
This issue is about district...
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Like many other districts, Forth Worth ISD has seen declining enrollment in recent years. ERS analyzed budget, staffing, scheduling and other data to identify opportunities to reallocate...
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This article originally appeared on The Sentinel.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) reviewed recent data on student academic performance and a study about the resources its...
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September 24, 2019 Daarel Burnette II, Education Week
This story originally appeared as "States Gird for Spending Reviews of Worst-Performing Districts" on EdWeek.com
Everyone agrees that to craft an effective budget—whether it's for your...
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In less than a week, ERS analyzed high-level budget data and identified opportunities to redesign how one small California district used its people, time, and money for student success
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August 22, 2019 Joe McKown, Education Resource Strategies
In 2018, ERS launched the California Strategic CBO/CFO network, to help finance leaders play a strategic leadership role to accelerate district progress toward equity and excellence by...
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This blog outlines the four key ways that a new, connected suite of planning tools has encouraged strategic resource use in Tulsa Public Schools and helped the central office transform...
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