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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 »

  Publications Tools District Leaders Equity Funding & Portfolio Learn Assess Explore Take Action Learn 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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  October 01, 2018

  What is Resource Equity?

  In this working paper, we've identified many - often hidden - "dimensions of equity," and we explain how each links to student outcomes, identify typical sources of inequities within... More »

  Publications ESSA District Leaders Equity
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  June 05, 2018

  Addressing the Teacher Labor Market Challenge in Arizona

  Arizona spends less on K-12 education than almost every other state. But adding resources on top of the current system is likely an ineffective solution. More »

  Presentations ESSA Equity State Leaders
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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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  November 10, 2016

  ERS Comments on ESSA Supplement, Not Supplant Regulation

  Our comments target strategies that promote both equity and excellence—in other words, how many resources schools receive and how well they use them. We argue that while it is indeed... More »

  ESSA Publications State Leaders
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  October 06, 2016

  ESSA Financial Reporting Requirement

  Under ESSA, districts must report per-pupil spending at the LEA and school level using actual salary data. This new level of financial transparency aims to promote equity across schools.... More »

  ESSA Publications District Leaders State Leaders
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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