Tools & Publications

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  2008

  By Design Not Default

  School districts across the country are redesigning their portfolios of high schools to include more small high schools. Over the past three years, Education Resource Strategies (ERS),... More »

  Publications District Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Design
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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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  2008

  Strategic Professional Development Review of the School District of Philadelphia

  This report reviews the School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) use of professional development resources. Despite Philadelphia’s low and unstable funding of professional development, ERS... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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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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  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
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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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  2004

  Inside the Black Box of Professional Development Spending

  Standards-based reform has entered a new phase that puts professional development of teachers at the center of the discussion. Research tells us that intensive, high-quality professional... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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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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  January 2003

  Rethinking District Professional Development Spending to Support School Improvement

  School districts across the country already invest significant sums of money each year in professional development to improve schools and teacher practice. The five districts studied here... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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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