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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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  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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  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

  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
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  June 2017

  School Scheduling Tools

  Making school schedules is something district and school leaders must do every year — but during COVID-19, that job has just gotten harder. We've created a set of COVID Comeback Models... More »

  Tools School Leaders School Design
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  June 03, 2014

  Boston Public Schools: School Autonomy Working Group

  ERS worked with a cross-functional team from the Boston Public Schools (BPS) in 2014 to assess the role of school autonomy in improving student outcomes. This video pulls together some of... More »

  Videos School Design
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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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  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
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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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  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 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
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  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
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  March 2011

  Video: Turnaround in Action

  See how two schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC)–winner of the prestigious 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education–are approaching turnaround. Both are achieving spectacular... More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design 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