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June 14, 2017

Checklist: Creating a Strategic Master Schedule

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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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
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 School Leaders School Design Teaching Leadership School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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
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
March 28, 2017

Targeted Intervention at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School [VIDEO]

The majority of students at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School—located in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood—enter 9th grade significantly below grade level in reading or math. To catch... More »

Videos School Leaders School Design
February 27, 2017

Budget Hold'em for Schools

Hold’em is an ERS tool that’s helped more than 10,000 education leaders better understand the kind of trade-offs that are possible to improve districts and schools while staying within... More »

Tools School Leaders School Design
February 07, 2017

From Financial Transparency to Equity: Part 1

This brief summarizes the insights from a working group that sought to answer: How might we allocate resources to achieve the best outcomes for kids? More »

Publications Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
January 26, 2017

Join the ERS Team!

Curious about working at ERS? Join our Q&A webinar on February 15. More »

Videos
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
October 3, 2016

Two-Way Conversations

How first-year superintendents are using data to build political capital that enables system change More »

Publications District Leaders Leadership
August 02, 2016

Resource Check Webinar

Dr. Shawn Wightman of Marysville Public Schools talks about how he used Resource Check to create his strategic plan as a new superintendent. More »

Videos District Leaders Leadership
July 18, 2016

Data Decisions Brief #4: How Much Free Time Do 12th Graders Really Have?

Our School System 20/20 series of briefs, Data Decisions, highlights common opportunities school systems have to yield big results for students by adjusting their current resource use. It... More »

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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
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
April 21, 2016

Schoolwide Values, Systems, and Routines at Ridge Road Middle School [Video]

See how Ridge Road Middle School in Charlotte, NC, transformed its student and adult culture through instituting strong schoolwide systems and routines. More »

Videos School Leaders School Design
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
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
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
April 18, 2016

Data-Driven Instruction at Queens Metropolitan High School [Video]

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 »

Videos School Leaders School Design
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
March 31, 2016

Checklist: Creating a Strategic Budget Process

The standard annual budgeting process is focused on incremental changes to last year's budget. Yet strategic superintendents and CFOs know that an effective budget process is much more... More »

Tools District Leaders Funding & Portfolio
March 28, 2016

School Designer

ERS’ School Designer tool integrates districts’ planning and budgeting processes so that key resource decisions, including those related to a school’s schedule, staffing plan, and budget,... More »

Tools District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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
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
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
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
November 2015

A New Vision of Partnership Between Districts and States [Video]

In this video, school district leaders from New York State share their plans for reallocating resources to meet student needs, and their vision for the state to help them succeed. More »

Videos States
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
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 »

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