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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Learn how Dallas ISD overcame common continuous improvement challenges for its intersession model, such as limited capacity, stakeholder engagement, and key decision-making.
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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...
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Childrens' learning has been massively disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the need for more opportunities for differentiated, high-quality learning, stronger relationships...
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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...
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September 2021 UpdateOur Schools Start Here series of guides and ESSER Strategy Planner & Spending Calcuator dives into the resource side of ESSER strategy and planning - including...
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We’ve created a set of COVID Comeback Models that include possible student groups, schedules, staff roles and more for district and school leaders planning for a safe shift to hybrid...
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Go to the Guides
Teams of school, district, and community leaders are working tirelessly to identify solutions that respond to budget uncertainties, meet students’ increased needs, and...
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Read Now
COVID-19 is affecting everyone — but it is not affecting everyone equally. For students of color and many students with higher needs — including students from low-income...
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Everyone agrees that school in the fall cannot look the same as it did before the pandemic. Education leaders must organize people, time, and money to make up for learning losses, help...
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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)...
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Originally published online by the Aspen Institute.
To help principals and school leadership teams see how social and emotional learning can enhance academic performance, and how...
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Through years of research and practice around school resource use, we have found that high-performing, high-growth schools are responding to the changing context in education by using...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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Teacher teams are one of the most important strategies to promote teacher growth and ignite student learning—if done well. But how to make this crucial time as effective as possible?
The...
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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...
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Through years of research and practice around school resource use and principal training, we have found that high-performing, high-growth schools are responding to the changing...
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