Stories
Instead of schools needing to beat the odds, we partner with leaders to help change the odds by creating strategic school systems. These stories show how we do it.
A Partnerships Case Study
Bold Steps to Better Schools: Cleveland Metropolitan School District
“Our work with ERS has empowered us to truly own our strategy as district leaders and become better partners to the schools we serve.”
John Scanlan
Chief Financial Officer, Cleveland Metropolitan School DistrictA DIY Tools and Research Case Study
Resource Check: A Kick Start to Strategic Planning
"Since adopting this tool, we have effectively connected budgetary decisions to strategic teaching and learning goals and used the tool to develop the district’s strategic plan.”
Shawn Wightman,
Superintendent of Marysville Public SchoolsA Partnerships Case Study
School Design at the System Level in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
“We came to view ERS as part of our team...they pressed us hard to dig below the surface and challenge long-standing traditions. They’re not a vendor; they’re a partner."
Ann Clark
Former Superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
A Partnerships Case Study
Tulsa Transforming: How deep analysis led to on-the-ground school progress
“ERS makes a nearly impossible job accomplishable in an efficient and effective way. I especially liked the time with the team, the tools provided that we could populate, and the fact that ERS had captured so much of our work.”
Tera Carr
Principal at Hamilton Elementary, Tulsa Public Schools