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  April 21, 2016

  Building School Culture

  By embracing a set of school-wide values, UP Academy creates an atmosphere of rigor and joy, one that leads students to internalize important, positive lifelong values. Students now have... More »

  Presentations District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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  March 31, 2016

  Checklist: Creating a Strategic Budget Process

  The standard annual budgeting process is focused on incremental changes to last year's budget. Yet strategic superintendents and CFOs know that an effective budget process is much more... More »

  Tools District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
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  March 28, 2016

  School Designer

  ERS’ School Designer tool integrates districts’ planning and budgeting processes so that key resource decisions, including those related to a school’s schedule, staffing plan, and budget,... More »

  Tools District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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  March 16, 2016

  The Freshmen Academy of Revere High School [Video]

  When Dr. Lourenço Garcia became principal of Revere High School in 2012, he recognized that this traditional school design would need to change to better serve students and meet rising... More »

  Videos District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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  March 2016

  The Rewards of Perseverance: A Case Study of Aldine Independent School District (AISD)

  Aldine Independent School District has faced daunting challenges and achieved impressive results since the early 1990s. This School System 20/20 case study explores how they did it. More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders
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  February 2, 2017

  A Vision for Partnership Between Districts and States

  Under ESSA, state education agencies have the opportunity to establish a new vision for partnership with districts - one based on their powers to allocate, regulate, and importantly,... More »

  Publications District Leaders State Leaders States
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  January 11, 2016

  Checklist: Creating Strategic Teacher Leadership Roles

  Too often, district efforts to create teacher leadership roles don’t last past the pilot phase. This checklist defines key steps to successful, sustainable, and scalable career... More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  August 12, 2015

  School System 20/20 Overview

  ERS is now working with selected districts to perform the School System 20/20 Diagnostic—a data-informed, holistic series of assessments to help leaders in their efforts to redesign... More »

  Publications District Leaders
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  July 22, 2015

  Making Dollars Work for Students

  Want to learn more about Student-Based Budgeting and how can it drive student learning? See Our Latest Toolkit   This webinar is based on our publication, Following the Dollars to the... More »

  Videos District Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Design
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  May 2015

  Following the Dollars to the Classroom Door

  More and more districts—and several states—are adopting funding models like student-based budgeting (also called weighted student funding or fair student funding) to increase equity... More »

  Publications District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting School Leaders School Design
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  May 2015

  Data Decisions Brief #1: Prioritizing 9th Grade Math

  These short papers highlight common opportunities school systems have to yield big results for students by adjusting their current resource use. It is based on ERS' 10 years of close... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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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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  February 2015

  Do More, Add More, Earn More

  Effective teachers are the biggest in-school factor related to student success. Across the country, a diverse set of districts are pioneering innovative approaches to teacher compensation... More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  November 2014

  Tools for California Districts

  With the enactment of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in 2013, California districts face an unprecedented opportunity to make big changes. With increased budgets and more... More »

  Tools District Leaders School Leaders
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  August 2015

  Data Decisions Brief #3: Investing in Teachers in the Age of Common Core

  Learn how districts can target resources to better support teachers through job-embedded professional growth More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders
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  June 2014

  The New Education CFO

  In recent years, school districts have found themselves in turbulent waters. They face quickly rising academic standards, a greater focus on teacher effectiveness, rapidly changing... More »

  Publications District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Leadership
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  June 3, 2014

  The Path Forward

  Researchers explored the effects of current school autonomy structures on Boston's public school operations and leadership, and looked at case studies from five other U.S. cities, drawing... More »

  Videos District Leaders Leadership
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  April 15, 2014

  Student-Based Budgeting Webinar

  The following is a video recording of our April 3 webinar on student-based budgeting, based off our recent publication, "Transforming School Funding: A Guide to Implementing Student-Based... More »

  Presentations District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting
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  February 2014

  School Design in Action

  School Design in Action is a new section of our website that features interactive portraits of schools that are optimizing resources for student success. More »

  Presentations District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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  July, 2013

  Professional Growth & Support Interactive Presentation

  A narrated PowerPoint presentation by ERS that introduces the key concepts and findings around teacher Professional Growth & Support. More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  May 2013

  Professional Growth & Support Case Studies

  Four case studies exploring how school systems have implemented a strategic approach to improving teaching effectiveness. More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  May 2013

  Professional Growth & Support System Self-Assessment

  The Professional Growth & Support System Self-Assessment helps school systems evaluate their current Professional Growth & Support strategy. The self-assessment is organized around the... More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  May 2013

  A New Vision for Teacher Professional Growth & Support

  In this publication, ERS expands the traditional definition of teacher Professional Development to Professional Growth & Support, which includes any use of people, time, and money that... More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  April 18, 2013

  Teacher Compensation Workshop

  This page contains links for the electronic materials to complement the Teacher Compensation Workshop. Additional information need for download is located on your Teacher Compensation... More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders
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  April 01, 2013

  How to Facilitate a School Budget Hold’em Session

  Education Resource Strategies recently hosted a webinar on how to play the budget trade-off game called School Budget Hold'em. The game lets district leaders, and anyone involved in the... More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
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  April, 2013

  ERS' Teacher Compensation Workshop

  School districts have the responsibility to design a compensation structure that maximizes their ability to meet teacher recruitment and retention goals within the context of long-term... More »

  Presentations Videos Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  April 2013

  Misfit Structures & Lost Opportunities

  One out of a series of three ERS publications on teacher compensation, this paper explores how to rethink compensation and career paths to attract and retain the most effective teachers. More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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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 18, 2013

  Standards and Instruction District Story: Washington, D.C.

  Ten years ago, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) had 65,000 students. Today it has fewer than 45,000. The severe enrollment decline was a wake-up call for the district. Starting in 2007, DCPS... More »

  Videos District Leaders School Leaders Standards & Instructional Resources
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  March 15, 2013

  Essential School Practices

  Before schools can systematically implement a district’s vision for excellent school practices, district leadership must clearly articulate exactly what school strategies they believe... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders School Design School Support & Accountability