Redesigning Professional Development for Academic Growth
ERS' professional learning paper featured in Education Week Chat
Education Week hosted a chat event on teacher professional learning featuring ERS Partner David Rosenberg. The conversation highlighted our new report, Igniting the Learning Engine: How school systems accelerate teacher effectiveness and student growth through Connected Professional... More »
How Connected Professional Learning Can Lead to Positive Student Outcomes
ERS' professional learning paper featured in PIE Network blog
See the original, online version of this blog. Massive investments in educator professional development do not necessarily result in improved student outcomes, leading researchers to wonder if professional development needs some rethinking. A new report from PIE Network partner Education... More »
Building a Connected Professional Learning System
ERS' professional learning paper featured in Gates Foundation blog
See the original, online version of this blog. When teachers have access to powerful professional learning opportunities, their students learn more, too. That’s not surprising—we know that great teaching can have an invaluable impact on a child’s life. But for many teachers, professional... More »
Look at the Bigger Picture for Long-Term Improvement
ERS' professional learning paper cited in Education Week opinion piece
The following is an opinion piece from the Learninng Forward's PD Watch blog on Education Week Teacher. See the original, online version. What steps are you taking to look at the bigger picture? That's a question I'd like educators to ponder as they consider how to better support teachers and... More »
Professional Learning: The Big Shift We Need Now
April issue of Transform Now e-news
Our Transform Now e-newsletter is a monthly guide for district leaders striving to align resources—people, time, and money—to improve student learning. This issue features the release of our professional learning suite of materials, Connected Professional Learning for Teachers. View the April... More »
Professional Learning Diagnostic Assessment: Beta Test
The Professional Learning Diagnostic Assessment covers topics like curriculum, collaboration, and feedback, and lets leaders compare their school system to best practices More »
What Does It Look Like When Districts Connect PD to Academic Goals?
Education Week's special report features ERS content on professional learning for teachers
See the original story at Education Week. For an April report, researchers at the nonprofit organization Education Resource Strategies studied three districts and a charter management organization, or CMO, that had made professional learning a core part of their academic strategy, were working... More »
Guest Blog: The State of ESSA's School-level Financial Requirement
Now that the regulations are gone
Edunomics Lab is among a select cadre of peer organizations that lead the effort to help states meet ESSA’s financial transparency requirements and influence ERS’ evolving approach to state-level support. In a new guest blog post from the Edunomics team, Katie Hagan and Marguerite Roza explain... More »
States Lead Now: From Compliance Officer to Leader
How states can leverage ESSA to advance equity and excellence
In this new era of national education reform, the need for state-level leadership is more important than ever. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states a swath of new responsibilities including the discretion to redefine statewide accountability, create strategies for school turnaround,... More »
Evidence and Funding: Connecting the Dots
Chiefs for Change provides a framework for navigating ESSA funding flexibility and evidence provision
Chiefs for Change Report provides a framework for state education chiefs for navigating ESSA funding flexibility and the evidence provision More »
