Tools & Publications

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  Education Resource Strategies

  How to Spend ESSER Funds Strategically for K-12 Transformation

  Actionable tools and resources to help district leaders invest ESSER funds with a "Do Now, Build Toward" approach for sustainable transformation. More »

  COVID-19 Equity District Leaders State Leaders Toolkits
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Reimagining the Teaching Job

  An illustration of what the teacher experience looks like now for many teachers, and what it could look like instead by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and... More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders State Leaders Teaching Leadership Toolkits
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  Education Resource Strategies

  The Vision: Reimagining the Teaching Job

  How we can lift students and educators by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and sustainable profession More »

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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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  Spring 2022

  ESSER Guidance for School Staffing, Spending, and Scheduling

  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... More »

  Publications Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Leadership School Support & Accountability Community Engagement Toolkits
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  December 16, 2021

  ERS Top FIVE Resources from 2021

  Here are our top 5 resources from 2021 — and real-life examples from districts and schools around the country. More »

  Presentations Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design State Leaders Toolkits
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  October 28, 2021

  Getting Real About Tutoring

  Research-informed options for navigating barriers to moving from ESSER plans to real implementation More »

  Publications District Leaders School Design Standards & Instructional Resources
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  May 2021

  COVID-19 Reopening and Recovery: Toolkit for Districts and Schools

  From equitably meeting students' increased needs, to planning new budgets, to creating safe and effective models for hybrid and fully-remote learning — the options facing districts and... More »

  Equity District Leaders COVID-19 School Leaders State Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Community Engagement Toolkits
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  School Leaders as Equity Leaders

  Tools to help principals create resource equity in their school buildings. More »

  Equity District Leaders School Leaders Toolkits
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  Three Steps to a Strategic Schedule

  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... More »

  District Leaders School Leaders School Design Toolkits
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  March 2019

  Integrating Social, Emotional and Academic Development

  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... More »

  School Design Standards & Instructional Resources
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  Toolkit: Advice for New Superintendents

  As a new superintendent - whether it's your first time in that role or just new to a community- you'll face a tremendous number of challenges. The key is knowing where to begin. More »

  District Leaders Leadership Toolkits
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  Toolkit: New Teacher Support

  All school and district leaders want to grow their new teachers into effective educators who stay at their schools - yet most feel constrained by limited budgets. But it is possible to... More »

  District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching Toolkits
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  December 2018

  The Strategic System Snapshot | Mini

  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. More »

  Funding & Portfolio School Design Teaching School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources Community Engagement
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  August 2018

  Weighted Student Funding

  Weighted Student Funding has become a popular initiative for district leaders who seek to allocate scarce resources to schools, especially in the face of stubborn achievement gaps,... More »

  Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting Toolkits
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Toolkit: What is Student-Based Budgeting? How can it drive student learning?

  SBB is a funding system whereby dollars follow students based on student need, and can help increase funding transparency, equity, and flexibility. More »

  Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting Toolkits
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  April 2017

  Toolkit: Connected Professional Learning for Teachers

  We studied 4 school systems that redesigned their approach to PL and have seen inspiring student growth. Their models are highly "connected" to what teachers do every day. More »

  Professional Learning Teaching Toolkits
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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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  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 »

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  March 2013

  Why Now?

  Hear from: Sam Franklin, Executive Director of the Office of Teacher Effectiveness, Pittsburgh Public Schools Brian Pick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, D.C. Public Schools Alyssa... More »

  Videos District Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources
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  February 28, 2013

  School System 20/20 Infographic

  The School System 20/20 infographic lets you see the possibilities for system transformation through ERS' seven-strategy framework. It illustrates the challenges to reallocating people,... More »

  Presentations District Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources
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  September 2010

  Seven Strategies for District Transformation

  This Getting Started guide is part of a series of publications designed to support your efforts to improve resource use in your district. Use this overview for a quick introduction to... More »

  Publications District Leaders Standards & Instructional Resources
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  March 2009

  Continuing to Improve Teaching Quality During Tough Economic Times

  ERS Director Regis Shields presented at EdWeek’s webinar, “Creating Effective Teacher Professional Development in Tough Economic Times.” To turn tough times into opportunity, districts... More »

  Presentations District Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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  May 2007

  Toward a Strategic Use of Resources in Saint Paul Public Schools

  In the Fall of 2006, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) to study the use of resources in the district and create priority recommendations... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Standards & Instructional Resources
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  2004

  Becoming a Capable and Accountable System

  In 2003–2004, ERS and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform analyzed how Baltimore City Public School System utilizes its professional development resources and examined the alignment... More »

  Publications District Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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  August 01, 2003

  Chicago Public Schools Professional Development Project

  This project began as a result of a concern about how to strengthen the professional development of teachers and leaders throughout the Chicago Public Schools. Leaders of the district as... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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  May 2001

  Getting to the Heart of School Improvement

  Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) is now four years into implementing Student’s First, a powerful strategic plan for improving student performance. This report, requested by Superintendent... More »

  Publications District Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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  2000

  Reinvesting in Teachers

  ERS with New American Schools, primary support from the Pew Charitable Trusts, has partnered with one or two reform-minded districts each year for three years to analyze spending on... More »

  Publications District Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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  December 1999

  Professional Development Spending in the Boston Public Schools

  ERS supported Boston Public Schools and the Boston Plan for Excellence-Boston Annenberg Challenge in conducting an in-depth analysis of the district’s existing professional development... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources