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Nearly half of the 907 public school districts tracked by Education Week opened school fully remote this year. This includes more than three-quarters of the nation’s largest districts,...
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In October and November 2020, ERS is hosting two rounds of a Strategic Budget Partner Retreat.
Registered participants of the event will want to log into their My ERS account to access...
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September 2021 UpdateOur Schools Start Here series of guides and ESSER Strategy Planner & Spending Calcuator dives into the resource side of ESSER strategy and planning - including...
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We’ve created a set of COVID Comeback Models that include possible student groups, schedules, staff roles and more for district and school leaders planning for a safe shift to hybrid...
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Teams of school, district, and community leaders are working tirelessly to identify solutions that respond to budget uncertainties, meet students’ increased needs, and...
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COVID-19 is affecting everyone — but it is not affecting everyone equally. For students of color and many students with higher needs — including students from low-income...
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Everyone agrees that school in the fall cannot look the same as it did before the pandemic. Education leaders must organize people, time, and money to make up for learning losses, help...
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In the wake of COVID-19, school systems face a daunting set of challenges as they plan for the 2020-2021 school year — including meeting students’ increased academic and social-emotional...
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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...
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Drawing on both research and the lived experiences of students, parents, and educators from across the country, this paper describes how the right combination of resources can...
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The 2019 Student Opportunity Act creates a once-in-a-generation moment for Massachusetts students: the Commonwealth has committed $1.5 billion dollars over seven...
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In turnaround schools, traditional approaches to school improvement (and some say, even the recent seven billion dollar federal investment in school improvement)...
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Originally published on FutureEd.
The correlation between socioeconomic status and academic achievement doesn't just apply to individual students—the concentration of poverty in...
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Originally published online by the Aspen Institute.
To help principals and school leadership teams see how social and emotional learning can enhance academic performance, and how...
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As a new superintendent - whether it's your first time in that role or just new to a community- you'll face a tremendous number of challenges. The key is knowing where to begin.
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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...
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Student-Based Budgeting (SBB) allocates dollars based on enrollment and student need. In this blog, you will find tools and key elements for decision making as you consider SBB for your...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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At the 2018 NASBE annual conference, Karen Hawley Miles presented on Strategies to Foster Resource Equity to an audience of about 100 state leaders
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In this working paper, we've identified many - often hidden - "dimensions of equity," and we explain how each links to student outcomes, identify typical sources of inequities within...
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Weighted Student Funding has become a popular initiative for district leaders who seek to allocate scarce resources to schools, especially in the face of stubborn achievement gaps,...
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SBB is a funding system whereby dollars follow students based on student need, and can help increase funding transparency, equity, and flexibility.
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Student-Based Budgeting (SBB) has become a popular initiative for district leaders who seek to allocate scarce resources to schools, especially in the face of stubborn achievement gaps,...
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