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Board Members Student-Based Budgeting District Leaders Take Action Toolkits

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
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
February 2015

Six Opportunities to Restructure Education Resources in Georgia

From 2012 to 2013, ERS partnered with the Georgia Department of Education to address how the state and a few districts manage their resources. These reports highlight three opportunities... More »

Presentations Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting State Leaders States
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
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
October 2014

Return on Investment in Education

Recently, there has been growing interest in adapting Return on Investment thinking to education. But most ROI analysis still misses a big opportunity. Education leaders need a new... More »

Publications District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Leadership
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
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
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
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
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
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
June 2013

Student-Based Budgeting Video

This short video was created to offer advice to principals considering implementing a student-based budgeting system, also known as weighted-student funding. More »

Videos Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
March 14, 2013

Turnaround Case Studies

“Turnaround Case Studies” is an analysis of strategies to turn around low-performing schools undertaken by six large urban districts and four education management organizations. These... More »

Presentations District Leaders School Leaders Turnaround
March 13, 2013

School Budget Report for School District of Philadelphia: 2008-2009

In the fall of 2007, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission to conduct a Resource Use Analysis for the School District of Philadelphia... More »

Publications District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
March 2013

Funding District Story: U-46, Elgin, Illinois

In 2008, the U-46 School District in Illinois faced a budget deficit of $45 million. Instead of deciding to do less with limited funds, the district worked with the school board and... More »

Presentations District Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Leaders
March 2013

Leadership District Story: Charlotte-Mecklenburg

In 2006, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District made a bold move. It began to strategically staff a subset of its lowest-performing schools with its district’s best principals. Five years... More »

Presentations Videos District Leaders School Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability
March 2013

School Design District Story: Denver

Denver Public Schools (DPS) took an innovative look at how it could support individual school efforts to restructure and align resources—people, time, and money—to drive student achievement. More »

Presentations Videos District Leaders School Leaders School Design
March 2013

School Support District Story: Denver

By transforming its central office from a compliance watchdog to a service and strategic partner, Denver Public Schools (DPS) was able to leverage data, technology, and training to... More »

Videos District Leaders School Support & Accountability
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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