Tools & Publications

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  March 2013

  Funding District Story: U-46, Elgin, Illinois

  In 2008, the U-46 School District in Illinois faced a budget deficit of $45 million. Instead of deciding to do less with limited funds, the district worked with the school board and... More »

  Presentations District Leaders Funding & Portfolio School Leaders
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  March 2013

  Leadership District Story: Charlotte-Mecklenburg

  In 2006, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District made a bold move. It began to strategically staff a subset of its lowest-performing schools with its district’s best principals. Five years... More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders School Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability
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  March 2013

  Partners District Story: Charlotte-Mecklenburg

  Despite success turning around many of its lowest-performing schools, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District found that nine of its schools were still struggling. To improve these... More »

  Presentations Videos Community Engagement
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  March 2013

  School Design District Story: Denver

  Denver Public Schools (DPS) took an innovative look at how it could support individual school efforts to restructure and align resources—people, time, and money—to drive student achievement. More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders School Leaders School Design
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  February 28, 2013

  School System 20/20 Infographic

  The School System 20/20 infographic lets you see the possibilities for system transformation through ERS' seven-strategy framework. It illustrates the challenges to reallocating people,... More »

  Presentations District Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources
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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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  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