Tools & Publications

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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

  Time and Attention in Urban High Schools

  There is no disputing that for high school students to be college and career ready, they need adequate time to learn and individualized attention to meet their academic goals, learning... More »

  Publications School Leaders School Design
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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
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  2008

  Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small High Schools

  The full report This report illustrates how nine high-performing, small urban high schools across the U.S. are thinking about and organizing resources strategically to best meet their... More »

  Publications School Leaders School Design
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  2008

  The Strategic School

  How can schools best use the resources they already have? That question is at the heart of this inspiring book for school and district administrators challenged with increasing student... More »

  Publications District Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Leaders School Design Teaching School Support & Accountability
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  2005

  Five Case Studies on Revising School Schedules

  As schools implement comprehensive reform efforts, many are finding the value of juggling the school schedule to provide two important resources for supporting the reform effort: common... More »

  Publications School Leaders School Design