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Videos Student-Based Budgeting Standards & Instructional Resources Teaching Professional Learning ESSA State Leaders

November 13, 2023

Attract and Retain Teachers With a Strategic Compensation Model

All students deserve teachers who have the support, energy, and time to meet their individual learning needs. But many district leaders across the country are facing challenging... More »

Publications Compensation Teaching
October 12, 2023

Re-Envisioning the Teaching Role in Arizona

To realize their full potential, students need access to excellent educators. But facing record numbers of vacancies and classrooms staffed by underqualified teachers, Arizona... More »

Publications Teaching
September 19, 2023

Hybrid Learning Models That Actually Work

How-to Guide for Implementing Hybrid Learning Models While our vision paper illustrates what hybrid learning models could do for districts, our guide provides comprehensive guidance... More »

District Leaders School Design Standards & Instructional Resources Toolkits
August 22, 2023

6 Key Factors to Assess Every District's Risk of an Upcoming ESSER Fiscal Cliff

We know that some states face a more complex challenge when it comes to managing the end of ESSER. Depending on how much money you received and the distribution of poverty in your state,... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders State Leaders
Education Resource Strategies

Concerned About Teacher Retention in Your District? Mitigate the Turnover Cycle by Supporting Your Principals

After a pandemic-induced decline, teacher turnover is on the rise again and now matches or exceeds pre-pandemic levels. This is troubling but not surprising, as most teaching jobs remain... More »

Publications District Leaders COVID-19 State Leaders Teaching
May 23, 2023

Retaining Principals to Reduce Teacher Attrition: How Leaders Can Support Principals to Mitigate the Turnover Cycle

Highly effective principals are critical to their school systems, contributing to both student outcomes and teacher retention. But despite some stabilization during the pandemic,... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders State Leaders Teaching
May 11, 2023

Examining School-Level Teacher Turnover Trends: A New Angle on a Pervasive Issue

The disruptive pandemic years pushed the challenge of keeping great teachers in classrooms to the top of the nation’s education agenda. Other publications have noted that while fewer... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders Teaching
March 28, 2023

Here’s Why Some States Are Facing a Steeper ESSER Funding Cliff in 2024

As school districts race to counteract the effects of the pandemic on students, one particular challenge looms large: On September 30, 2024, COVID relief funding for public K-12 education... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders Funding & Portfolio State Leaders
March 24, 2023

What States Can Do to Support Districts Through the COVID Recovery Window to Accelerate Student Learning

For the past few years, school districts across the country have been strategically allocating their ESSER funds to implement evidence-based practices and accelerate student... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders State Leaders
Education Resource Strategies

How to Spend ESSER Funds Strategically for K-12 Transformation

Actionable tools and resources to help district leaders invest ESSER funds with a "Do Now, Build Toward" approach for sustainable transformation. More »

COVID-19 Equity District Leaders State Leaders Toolkits
January 31, 2023

10 Ways to Spend Remaining ESSER Dollars to Transform Schooling for Good

Invest in Foundational "Stuff" That Drives Lasting Change #1 | Coherent, Empowering, Challenging Curricula—and Professional Learning to Support It Empowering, challenging curricula and... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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Reimagining the Teaching Job

An illustration of what the teacher experience looks like now for many teachers, and what it could look like instead by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and... More »

Publications Tools COVID-19 Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders State Leaders Teaching Leadership Toolkits
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How School District Leaders Can Support Teachers and Drive Change

This page highlights out-of-the-box strategies and investments make it possible for leaders to redesign the teaching profession. More »

Publications Tools Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching Learn
Education Resource Strategies

Resources to Help School Leaders Improve the Teaching Job

Resources to Get Started in Your District NEW RESOURCE: HOW TO SUPPORT PRINCIPALS When principals get effective support from their central office, they’re more likely to... More »

Publications Tools Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching Learn
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The Vision: Reimagining the Teaching Job

How we can lift students and educators by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and sustainable profession More »

Publications Tools COVID-19 Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design State Leaders Teaching Toolkits
July 13, 2022

Teacher Turnover During COVID: New Data and Insights

Has Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID? It Depends Where You Look The pandemic has had a profound and widely documented effect on students and educators, leading many... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders State Leaders Teaching Learn More
July 06, 2022

Mobilizing Resources to Advance Excellence and Equity for All Students

Doable starting points and tools for leaders to mobilize resources and create excellent and equitable experiences for students. More »

Publications COVID-19 Equity District Leaders School Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Design Teaching Learn Take Action
May 31, 2022

How implementing a "Continuous Improvement ROI" model can help districts maximize ESSER outcomes

Continuous improvement ROI is a way to ensure effective and equitable allocation of ESSER funds even when the timeline of spend, and our system’s capacity, are limited More »

Publications Tools Videos COVID-19 District Leaders Assess
Spring 2022

ESSER Guidance for School Staffing, Spending, and Scheduling

The ESSER Guidance for School Staffing, Spending, and Scheduling guides provide a blueprint for organizing resources for a sustainable ESSER investment strategy—one that has an immediate... More »

Publications Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Leadership School Support & Accountability Community Engagement Toolkits
March 03, 2022

Continuous Improvement ROI: Concept Explainer

See how to approach the concept of ROI through a continuous improvement mindset, where we explore alternative options for the “return” that we typically think of as student outcomes. More »

Videos Tools COVID-19 District Leaders
December 16, 2021

ERS Top FIVE Resources from 2021

Here are our top 5 resources from 2021 — and real-life examples from districts and schools around the country. More »

Presentations Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design State Leaders Toolkits
October 28, 2021

Getting Real About Sustainability & ESSER Funding

A 90-second explanation with concrete examples More »

Publications Videos District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
October 28, 2021

Getting Real About Tutoring

Research-informed options for navigating barriers to moving from ESSER plans to real implementation More »

Publications District Leaders School Design Standards & Instructional Resources
Aug 31, 2021

Investing ESSER Funds Equitably

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t impacted all students in the same ways. For many students - including students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, students with disabilities, and... More »

Publications Equity District Leaders State Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability
Schools Start Here Series

The Schools Start Here series dives into the resource side of ESSER strategy and planning. These guides offer a blueprint for how to organize resources as part of a sustainable ESSER... More »

Publications Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Professional Learning School Leaders School Design School Support & Accountability Community Engagement
May 2021

COVID-19 Reopening and Recovery: Toolkit for Districts and Schools

From equitably meeting students' increased needs, to planning new budgets, to creating safe and effective models for hybrid and fully-remote learning — the options facing districts and... More »

Equity District Leaders COVID-19 School Leaders State Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Community Engagement Toolkits
April 23, 2021

Teacher Turnover Before, During, & After COVID

Before COVID, the shortage of qualified, skilled teachers — especially in our lowest-income communities and hardest-to-staff roles — was among the top challenges facing education... More »

Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders Teaching
April 19, 2021

Advancing Resource Equity: Teaching Quality & Diversity

On Friday, April 9, 2021, the Alliance for Resource Equity (ARE) hosted their third Learning Series session on the most critical resource equity actions that districts can take to direct... More »

Videos Equity District Leaders Teaching
April 14, 2021

States Start Here

Childrens' learning has been massively disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the need for more opportunities for differentiated, high-quality learning, stronger relationships... More »

Publications COVID-19 School Design State Leaders States
April 06, 2021

Resource Planning for Virtual Schools

On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, Education Resource Strategies hosted a webinar on resource planning for virtual schools. Speakers included Education First, who presented domains and key... More »

Videos COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design

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