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  October 26, 2022

  “Moving Forward Together”: How Holyoke’s Community-Centric Approach Led To the District’s Bold Strategic Vision

  Learn about how Holyoke Public Schools and new Superintendent Anthony Soto worked to foster strategic conversations and intentional collaboration, resulting in 100% of advisory committee... More »

  Publications COVID-19 Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Leaders Leadership Learn Community Engagement
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  September 14, 2022

  Bridging the Divide: How Tulsa Built Sustainable Improvement Systems to Connect Vision, Strategy, and Implementation

  A Unique Approach to Continuous Improvement At its core, TPS’ continuous improvement work builds off of other familiar approaches from the field of education: It engages a diverse... More »

  Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design Leadership Community Engagement Learn More
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  August 16, 2022

  How to Enable Transformational Change in K-12 School Districts Through a "Do Now, Build Toward" Approach

  "Do Now, Build Toward" (DNBT) is a sustainable approach to transformation that builds on research, incorporates practical limitations, and uses a community-driven, iterative framework. More »

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  August 09, 2022

  Building a Racial Equity Office to Give All Students a Path Toward Success

  If we’re going to give all students the experiences, support, and structures to ensure their success, we need to make sure that each individual student has what they need to... More »

  Publications Equity District Leaders Leadership Learn Community Engagement Learn More
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  February 03, 2022

  Adapting District and School Budget Development Processes for FY23 to Optimize Your ESSER Investment

  Six key adaptations for districts and schools to serve as a starting point for your team and district community as you collaborate to prioritize, simplify, and streamline your FY23 budget... More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design Leadership Community Engagement
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  February 03, 2022

  ESSER Plan Communication

  5 Key Messaging Imperatives to Build Alignment Among District Leaders, School Boards, and Cabinets More »

  Presentations Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders Leadership Community Engagement
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  October 28, 2021

  Getting Real About Sustainability & ESSER Funding

  A 90-second explanation with concrete examples More »

  Publications Videos District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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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  Districts at Work: Tulsa Tales Mini-Podcast

  Real stories from real districts: How Tulsa Public Schools supported professional development for teachers — on a budget More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Leadership
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  December 2018

  The Strategic System Snapshot | Mini

  A 10-minute self-assessment tool that helps district leaders and others identify which of your strategies are likely to lead to student success—and where there are opportunities to improve. More »

  Funding & Portfolio School Design Teaching School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources Community Engagement
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  November 08, 2018

  Resource Equity: A Primer for State Boards of Education

  At the 2018 NASBE annual conference, Karen Hawley Miles presented on Strategies to Foster Resource Equity to an audience of about 100 state leaders More »

  Equity State Leaders States
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  March 6, 2018

  Toolkit: Advancing Equitable School Funding under ESSA

  The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states new financial transparency tools to better understand and become leaders for resource equity, but only if they are used well. These... More »

  Presentations ESSA State Leaders States
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  February 02, 2018

  Join the ERS Team!

  Our team, in both Boston and San Francisco offices, is growing! We are seeking results-oriented professionals with strong analytical skills and a passion for improving the educational... More »

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  August 01, 2017

  School Finance Packet for National Council of State Legislators (NCSL) Annual Meeting

  State legislators face ever-increasing challenges around school finance—scarce revenues, lawsuits, new mandated reporting, and so on. These resources will demystify some of these complex... More »

  Tools District Leaders States
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  March 28, 2017

  Targeted Intervention at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School [VIDEO]

  The majority of students at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School—located in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood—enter 9th grade significantly below grade level in reading or math. To catch... More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design
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  January 26, 2017

  Join the ERS Team!

  Curious about working at ERS? Join our Q&A webinar on February 15. More »

  Videos
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  August 02, 2016

  Resource Check Webinar

  Dr. Shawn Wightman of Marysville Public Schools talks about how he used Resource Check to create his strategic plan as a new superintendent. More »

  Videos District Leaders Leadership
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  July 18, 2016

  Data Decisions Brief #4: How Much Free Time Do 12th Graders Really Have?

  Our School System 20/20 series of briefs, Data Decisions, highlights common opportunities school systems have to yield big results for students by adjusting their current resource use. It... More »

  Publications Videos School Leaders
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  April 21, 2016

  Schoolwide Values, Systems, and Routines at Ridge Road Middle School [Video]

  See how Ridge Road Middle School in Charlotte, NC, transformed its student and adult culture through instituting strong schoolwide systems and routines. More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design
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  April 18, 2016

  Data-Driven Instruction at Queens Metropolitan High School [Video]

  Data-driven instruction is the systematic use of common, standards-based assessments and other data to track student progress and adjust instruction and support—to drive meaningful... More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design
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  April 12, 2016

  Shared-Content Teaching Teams at UP Academy [Video]

  See how UP Academy in Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, MA, has made dramatic academic improvements by focusing on strategic collaboration among teachers. More »

  Videos Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  March 16, 2016

  Revere High School Adopts Co-Teaching Model to Better Support Students with Disabilities [Video]

  Revere High School—located just outside Boston, MA—is successfully serving its students with disabilities using the co-teaching method. The school set up inclusive classrooms led by... More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design Teaching