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  December 19, 2022

  ERS Top Resources from 2022

  We're highlighting our Top Resources from 2022 and some reflections to help you prepare for the new year. More »

  Publications Tools District Leaders School Leaders
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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

  How School District Leaders Can Support Teachers and Drive Change

  This page highlights out-of-the-box strategies and investments make it possible for leaders to redesign the teaching profession. More »

  Publications Tools Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching Learn
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Resources to Help School Leaders Improve the Teaching Job

  Resources to Get Started in Your District   NEW RESOURCE: HOW TO SUPPORT PRINCIPALS  When principals get effective support from their central office, they’re more likely to... More »

  Publications Tools Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching Learn
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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 »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design State Leaders Teaching Toolkits
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  September 12, 2022

  ESSER Hold'em for Districts

  ESSER Hold'em for Districts is more than a game—it’s an interactive exploration of the thoughtful trade-offs school administrators will make to use ESSER funds to invest in student recovery. More »

  Tools COVID-19 District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
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  August 16, 2022

  How to Enable Transformational Change in K-12 School Districts Through a "Do Now, Build Toward" Approach

  "Do Now, Build Toward" (DNBT) is a sustainable approach to transformation that builds on research, incorporates practical limitations, and uses a community-driven, iterative framework. More »

  Publications Tools District Leaders Equity Funding & Portfolio Learn Assess Explore Take Action Learn More
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  July 13, 2022

  Teacher Turnover During COVID: New Data and Insights

  Has Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID? It Depends Where You Look The pandemic has had a profound and widely documented effect on students and educators, leading many... More »

  Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders State Leaders Teaching Learn More
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  July 06, 2022

  Mobilizing Resources to Advance Excellence and Equity for All Students

  Doable starting points and tools for leaders to mobilize resources and create excellent and equitable experiences for students. More »

  Publications COVID-19 Equity District Leaders School Leaders Teaching Learn Take Action
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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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  May 31, 2022

  How implementing a "Continuous Improvement ROI" model can help districts maximize ESSER outcomes

  Continuous improvement ROI is a way to ensure effective and equitable allocation of ESSER funds even when the timeline of spend, and our system’s capacity, are limited More »

  Publications Tools Videos COVID-19 District Leaders Assess
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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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  March 03, 2022

  Continuous Improvement ROI: Concept Explainer

  See how to approach the concept of ROI through a continuous improvement mindset, where we explore alternative options for the “return” that we typically think of as student outcomes. More »

  Videos Tools COVID-19 District Leaders
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  February 03, 2022

  Adapting District and School Budget Development Processes for FY23 to Optimize Your ESSER Investment

  Six key adaptations for districts and schools to serve as a starting point for your team and district community as you collaborate to prioritize, simplify, and streamline your FY23 budget... More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design Leadership Community Engagement
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  February 03, 2022

  ESSER Plan Communication

  5 Key Messaging Imperatives to Build Alignment Among District Leaders, School Boards, and Cabinets More »

  Presentations Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting Leadership Community Engagement
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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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  Sep 29, 2021

  Organizing Resources to Support Inclusion Models for Students With Disabilities

  Across the country, roughly one in five students with an IEP spend most of their time receiving individualized services and supports in a “self-contained” or “substantially separate”... More »

  Publications Special Education District Leaders
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  April 23, 2021

  Teacher Turnover Before, During, & After COVID

  Before COVID, the shortage of qualified, skilled teachers — especially in our lowest-income communities and hardest-to-staff roles — was among the top challenges facing education... More »

  Publications COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders Teaching
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  April 19, 2021

  Advancing Resource Equity: Teaching Quality & Diversity

  On Friday, April 9, 2021, the Alliance for Resource Equity (ARE) hosted their third Learning Series session on the most critical resource equity actions that districts can take to direct... More »

  Videos Equity District Leaders Teaching
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  March 09, 2021

  Start Here

  5 “power strategies” (and real-life examples) to accelerate equity-focused recovery and redesign More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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  October 2020

  Reporting for Equity

  A guide outlining the 5 principles of equity-focused spending reporting, including essential questions and examples of effective reporting practices. More »

  Presentations Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
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  August 2020

  COVID Comeback Models

  Explore concrete examples of possible student groups, schedules, and staff roles for various hybrid models. More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 District Leaders School Leaders School Design Teaching School Support & Accountability
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  March 25, 2020

  The Resource Equity Diagnostic

  Get Started Understand the current state of education equity and excellence for students in your school system — including strengths and gaps across all 10 dimensions of education... More »

  Tools Equity
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  Districts at Work: Tulsa Tales Mini-Podcast

  Real stories from real districts: How Tulsa Public Schools supported professional development for teachers — on a budget More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders Professional Learning Funding & Portfolio School Leaders School Design Leadership
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  Education Resource Strategies, April 9, 2019

  Districts at Work

  Profiles of eight school systems transforming how the central office supports schools, and seeing student results More »

  Equity District Leaders Professional Learning School Design Teaching Leadership
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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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  January 02, 2019

  School Design Packet

  Through years of research and practice around school resource use, we have found that high-performing, high-growth schools are responding to the changing context in education by using... More »

  Tools District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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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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  ERS

  Growing Great Teachers: New Strategies to Support New Teachers

  Every year, school districts welcome—and then lose—thousands of promising new teachers. For too many, the job is overwhelming, which can lead to teacher shortage in schools. How can we... More »

  District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  June 5, 2018

  Bridging the Budget Gap and Accelerating Student Learning in Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD)

  The ERS Resource Map for LAUSD analyzes resource allocation across the district, with a special emphasis on distribution of funding; teacher compensation, strategic retention, and... More »

  Presentations District Leaders Funding & Portfolio