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  Education Resource Strategies

  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
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  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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  November 08, 2022

  Building Toward Effective High-Dosage Tutoring Programs: Lessons Learned From 3 Successful Districts

  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) CMS is a large urban district in North Carolina that serves around 146,000 students. With increasing student needs as a result of the pandemic, CMS... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Design Learn
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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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  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 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 Teaching Learn Take Action
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  June 01, 2022

  It's Time for an ESSER Halftime Review

  We’re halfway through ESSER’s funding timeline, but leaders still have time to create lasting change. This ESSER Halftime Review Guide will help help facilitate productive conversations,... More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders Learn Toolkits
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  April 14, 2022

  Building Towards Sustainable Change

  Denver Public Schools and Anne Arundel County Public Schools provide powerful examples of seizing this unique moment to implement ESSER-funded initiatives that not only address urgent... More »

  Publications COVID-19 Equity District Leaders School Leaders School Design Learn
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  January 30, 2020

  ERS Briefing: Supporting School Turnaround

  Read the Briefing In turnaround schools, traditional approaches to school improvement (and some say, even the recent seven billion dollar federal investment in school improvement)... More »

  Publications ESSA District Leaders School Design Turnaround
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  May 2017

  It Takes a System: A Case Study of Denver Public Schools (DPS)

  Over the last decade, Denver Public Schools (DPS) became one of the fastest-improving large districts in the country—achieving significant improvement across all student subgroups. Unlike... More »

  Publications Special Education Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting School Leaders School Design Teaching Leadership School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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  September 2016

  7 Tenets for Sustainable School Turnaround

  A collaboration between Center for American Progress and Education Resource Strategies on the 7 tenets for states to empower districts to become agents of change in school turnaround. More »

  Publications ESSA State Leaders Turnaround
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  April 2015

  Back from the Brink: A Case Study of Lawrence Public Schools

  In 2011, Lawrence Public Schools was the first district that Massachusetts placed into state receivership due to poor performance. By 2014, things had dramatically changed for the better.... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders School Design Teaching Turnaround
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  March 23, 2013

  DREAM

  You can do less with less, or you can change your district's cost model by rethinking how schools and systems are structured. DREAM allows you to adjust key cost levers in your district... More »

  Tools District Leaders Student-Based Budgeting Teaching Turnaround
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  March 14, 2013

  Turnaround Case Studies

  “Turnaround Case Studies” is an analysis of strategies to turn around low-performing schools undertaken by six large urban districts and four education management organizations. These... More »

  Presentations District Leaders School Leaders Turnaround
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  March 12, 2013

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit: Posters

  View the posters that compare the turnaround strategies of the districts that attended Education Resource Strategies’ Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. ERS held... More »

  Presentations School Leaders Turnaround
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  April 2012

  School Budget Hold'em Video: Targeting Turnaround Schools

  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 target... More »

  Videos Tools Turnaround
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  March 15, 2012

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit Briefs

  This series compiles and analyzes the results of our Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders Turnaround
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  October 2011

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit: Videos

  View videos from ERS’ Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. Panelists from the ERS Summit share some thoughts on successful turnaround. Panelists on the closing... More »

  Videos District Leaders School Leaders Turnaround
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  March 2011

  Video: Turnaround in Action

  See how two schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC)–winner of the prestigious 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education–are approaching turnaround. Both are achieving spectacular... More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design Turnaround
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  January 2011

  Turning Around the Nation’s Lowest Performing Schools

  Across the country, states and school districts are focusing on turning around the nation’s lowest-performing schools. This focus on school turnaround, while welcome, is not new. And... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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  September 2010

  Turnaround Schools Resource Guide

  Turnaround efforts at individual schools will not result in widespread, sustainable change without fundamental shifts in the way districts evaluate school, student, and teacher needs and... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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  April 2010

  Breaking the Cycle of Failure in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

  In this case study of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Strategic Staffing Initiative, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) and the Aspen Institute tell the important story of how one district is... More »

  Presentations Publications District Leaders School Leaders School Design Teaching School Support & Accountability Turnaround