Tools & Publications

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  April 18, 2012

  Budget Hold'em Facilitator Guides

  These instructions will help leaders organize and play Budget Hold'em. Use the Budget Hold'em for Districts Facilitator's Guide to play the in-person version of the game, using decks of... More »

  Tools Publications District Leaders School Leaders Funding & Portfolio
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  April 2012

  School Budget Hold'em Video: Targeting Turnaround Schools

  Our series of School Budget Hold'em winning hands videos illustrates how to reach a target budget reduction while prioritizing different areas. This video shows one way to target... More »

  Videos Tools Turnaround
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  March 15, 2012

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit Briefs

  This series compiles and analyzes the results of our Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders Turnaround
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  January 2012

  School Budget Hold'em Video: Investing in Teaching Effectiveness

  Our series of School Budget Hold'em winning hands videos illustrates how to reach a target budget reduction while prioritizing different areas. This video shows one way to invest in... More »

  Videos Tools District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Professional Learning School Leaders
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  October 2011

  Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit: Videos

  View videos from ERS’ Sustaining Turnaround at Scale Summit held in October 2011. Panelists from the ERS Summit share some thoughts on successful turnaround. Panelists on the closing... More »

  Videos District Leaders School Leaders Turnaround
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  June 7, 2011

  Restructuring Resources for High-Performing Schools

  Millions of education dollars are trapped each year. At this time of continued budget shortfalls when every dollar spent on education must yield maximum returns in student... More »

  Publications Special Education State Leaders States
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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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  January 2011

  Turning Around the Nation’s Lowest Performing Schools

  Across the country, states and school districts are focusing on turning around the nation’s lowest-performing schools. This focus on school turnaround, while welcome, is not new. And... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Leaders School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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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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  September 2010

  Turnaround Schools Resource Guide

  Turnaround efforts at individual schools will not result in widespread, sustainable change without fundamental shifts in the way districts evaluate school, student, and teacher needs and... More »

  Publications District Leaders School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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  April 26, 2010

  State Role in Districts Doing More with Less

  ERS articulates for states what we know about district resource use and how states’ policies can best help district efforts. ERS Director Don Hovey gave this presentation in Miami at the... More »

  Presentations State Leaders States
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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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  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