Tools & Publications

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  January 2012

  School Budget Hold'em Video: Investing in Teaching Effectiveness

  Our series of School Budget Hold'em winning hands videos illustrates how to reach a target budget reduction while prioritizing different areas. This video shows one way to invest in... More »

  Videos Tools District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Professional Learning School Leaders
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  June 7, 2011

  Restructuring Resources for High-Performing Schools

  Millions of education dollars are trapped each year. At this time of continued budget shortfalls when every dollar spent on education must yield maximum returns in student... More »

  Publications Special Education State Leaders States
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  April 26, 2010

  State Role in Districts Doing More with Less

  ERS articulates for states what we know about district resource use and how states’ policies can best help district efforts. ERS Director Don Hovey gave this presentation in Miami at the... More »

  Presentations State Leaders States
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  2009

  Strategic Professional Development Review

  Before district leaders can expand professional development to better support teachers, they must first determine not only the current investment level but also what that investment is... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  2008

  Strategic Professional Development Review of the School District of Philadelphia

  This report reviews the School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) use of professional development resources. Despite Philadelphia’s low and unstable funding of professional development, ERS... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  May 2007

  Toward a Strategic Use of Resources in Saint Paul Public Schools

  In the Fall of 2006, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) to study the use of resources in the district and create priority recommendations... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Standards & Instructional Resources
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  2004

  Inside the Black Box of Professional Development Spending

  Standards-based reform has entered a new phase that puts professional development of teachers at the center of the discussion. Research tells us that intensive, high-quality professional... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  August 01, 2003

  Chicago Public Schools Professional Development Project

  This project began as a result of a concern about how to strengthen the professional development of teachers and leaders throughout the Chicago Public Schools. Leaders of the district as... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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  January 2003

  Rethinking District Professional Development Spending to Support School Improvement

  School districts across the country already invest significant sums of money each year in professional development to improve schools and teacher practice. The five districts studied here... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  December 1999

  Professional Development Spending in the Boston Public Schools

  ERS supported Boston Public Schools and the Boston Plan for Excellence-Boston Annenberg Challenge in conducting an in-depth analysis of the district’s existing professional development... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources