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  November 13, 2023

  Attract and Retain Teachers With a Strategic Compensation Model

  All students deserve teachers who have the support, energy, and time to meet their individual learning needs. But many district leaders across the country are facing challenging... More »

  Publications Compensation Teaching
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  October 12, 2023

  Re-Envisioning the Teaching Role in Arizona

  To realize their full potential, students need access to excellent educators. But facing record numbers of vacancies and classrooms staffed by underqualified teachers, Arizona... More »

  Publications Teaching
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Concerned About Teacher Retention in Your District? Mitigate the Turnover Cycle by Supporting Your Principals

  After a pandemic-induced decline, teacher turnover is on the rise again and now matches or exceeds pre-pandemic levels. This is troubling but not surprising, as most teaching jobs remain... More »

  Publications District Leaders COVID-19 State Leaders Teaching
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  May 23, 2023

  Retaining Principals to Reduce Teacher Attrition: How Leaders Can Support Principals to Mitigate the Turnover Cycle

  Highly effective principals are critical to their school systems, contributing to both student outcomes and teacher retention. But despite some stabilization during the pandemic,... More »

  Publications COVID-19 District Leaders State Leaders Teaching
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  May 11, 2023

  Examining School-Level Teacher Turnover Trends: A New Angle on a Pervasive Issue

  The disruptive pandemic years pushed the challenge of keeping great teachers in classrooms to the top of the nation’s education agenda. Other publications have noted that while fewer... More »

  Publications COVID-19 District Leaders Teaching
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  January 31, 2023

  10 Ways to Spend Remaining ESSER Dollars to Transform Schooling for Good

  Invest in Foundational "Stuff" That Drives Lasting Change #1 | Coherent, Empowering, Challenging Curricula—and Professional Learning to Support It  Empowering, challenging curricula and... More »

  Publications COVID-19 District Leaders Teaching Standards & Instructional Resources
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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 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

  10 Steps to Become an Equity Detective

  Learn how to become an “equity detective”: a leader who actively looks for and takes action to address structural and systemic inequities in schools and school systems. More »

  Board Members Publications Equity District Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Take Action
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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 Funding & Portfolio School Design 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 Leadership Community Engagement
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  Schools Start Here Series

  The Schools Start Here series dives into the resource side of ESSER strategy and planning. These guides offer a blueprint for how to organize resources as part of a sustainable ESSER... More »

  Publications Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Professional Learning School Leaders School Design School Support & Accountability Community Engagement
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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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  April 14, 2021

  States Start Here

  Childrens' learning has been massively disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the need for more opportunities for differentiated, high-quality learning, stronger relationships... More »

  Publications COVID-19 School Design State Leaders States
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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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  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 School Leaders School Design Leadership