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  Education Resource Strategies

  School Check

  This school assessment tool is based on resource strategies and principles from “The Strategic School: Making the Most of People, Time, and Money” by Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank.... More »

  Tools School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  May 2017

  It Takes a System: A Case Study of Denver Public Schools (DPS)

  Over the last decade, Denver Public Schools (DPS) became one of the fastest-improving large districts in the country—achieving significant improvement across all student subgroups. Unlike... More »

  Publications Special Education Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting School Leaders School Design Teaching Leadership School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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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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  Karen Hawley Miles, David Rosenberg, and Genevieve Quist Green

  Igniting the Learning Engine

  How school systems accelerate teacher effectiveness and student growth through Connected Professional Learning More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning
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  March 22, 2017

  Leveraging System Transformation to Improve Student Results

  The following presentation summarizes the findings from our recent work in Denver Public Schools. These findings were the result of our School System 20/20 diagnostic of the district,... More »

  Presentations
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  February 16, 2017

  Working at ERS

  On Wednesday, February 15, ERS hosted a webinar to connect with potential candidates and share information about working at ERS and current open positions.  Jessica Fick, Senior HR &... More »

  Presentations
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  November 10, 2016

  ERS Comments on ESSA Supplement, Not Supplant Regulation

  Our comments target strategies that promote both equity and excellence—in other words, how many resources schools receive and how well they use them. We argue that while it is indeed... More »

  ESSA Publications State Leaders
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  October 2016

  Building a Talent Decision Map for K-12 Human Capital

  School systems can empower all principals to be strategic talent managers—by mapping out the what, who, when, and how, and organizing data, support, and timelines around the most critical... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  October 06, 2016

  ESSA Financial Reporting Requirement

  Under ESSA, districts must report per-pupil spending at the LEA and school level using actual salary data. This new level of financial transparency aims to promote equity across schools.... More »

  ESSA Publications District Leaders State Leaders
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  September 2016

  7 Tenets for Sustainable School Turnaround

  A collaboration between Center for American Progress and Education Resource Strategies on the 7 tenets for states to empower districts to become agents of change in school turnaround. More »

  Publications ESSA State Leaders Turnaround
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Teacher Compensation Calculator

  Explore your options for designing a more effective teacher compensation system within your existing district budget. More »

  Tools Compensation District Leaders Teaching
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  June 21, 2016

  The TDP Toolkit

  If you're unfamiliar with the Talent Decision Planner, visit the "Building a Talent Decision Map" to learn more. You must be signed in to your ERS Account to access this tool. More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  May 2016

  Transform Now

  School System must better meet the needs of all students. And they can. But to succeed, we can't just do more of the same. We need to transform. Building off of One Vision, Seven... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders State Leaders
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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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  April 21, 2016

  Coaching Cycles at Match Community Day

  Effective implementation required a deliberate teaming structure with collaborative planning time to group & regroup students based on data More »

  Presentations School Design Teaching
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  April 21, 2016

  Shared-Content Teaching Teams: Best Practices Template

  Effective shared-content teams reduce teacher workload, lowering the planning burden on any individual. They also reduce the expertise burden on each individual: every teacher’s plan... More »

  Tools School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  April 20, 2016

  Strategic Teacher Teaming at UP Academy

  Explore the approach and results of strategic teacher teaming at UP Academy in Boston, MA More »

  Presentations Professional Learning School Design Teaching
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  April 20, 2016

  Teacher Support at Achievement First

  The number one factor impacting student achievement is teacher quality, and finding, developing, recognizing and retaining great educators is the key to the success of our students and... More »

  Presentations Professional Learning School Leaders
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  April 18, 2016

  Ashley Park: Teaching Teams

  To make teacher teams work, Ashley Park has thought deliberately about the composition of teacher teams, created long blocks of time within the schedule to permit collaborative planning,... More »

  Presentations School Leaders School Design
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  April 18, 2016

  Data-Driven Instruction to Improve Teaching and Learning

  Data-driven instruction is the systematic use of common, standards-based assessments and other data to track student progress and adjust instruction and support—to drive meaningful... More »

  Presentations
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  April 12, 2016

  Shared-Content Teaching Teams at UP Academy [Video]

  See how UP Academy in Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, MA, has made dramatic academic improvements by focusing on strategic collaboration among teachers. More »

  Videos Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  March 16, 2016

  Revere High School Adopts Co-Teaching Model to Better Support Students with Disabilities [Video]

  Revere High School—located just outside Boston, MA—is successfully serving its students with disabilities using the co-teaching method. The school set up inclusive classrooms led by... More »

  Videos School Leaders School Design Teaching
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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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  May 29, 2015

  Spending in Philadelphia Schools

  This PowerPoint presentation summarizes the findings from Education Resource Strategies in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). We partnered with SDP in the 2014-2015 school year to... More »

  Presentations Funding & Portfolio
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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

  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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  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