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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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Ready to implement SBB? This detailed manual describes the conditions for success for SBB and helps district leaders assess whether it is the right strategic move for their district....
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This pre-recorded webinar shows advocates how they to leverage ESSA’s resource allocation review requirements to truly improve equity and excellence in schools.
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Building on more than a decade of experience working with over 40 school systems, our extensive collection of district data, and published research on what works best for students, we...
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ACES is a new tool that enables districts to cost-effectively and efficiently generate a complete and accurate per pupil expenditure at each school that will ultimately lead to increased...
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In 40 states, the real value of teacher salaries declined from 2010 to 2015. How we got here, why it matters, and how we can pay teachers fairly and strategically.
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The ERS Resource Map for LAUSD analyzes resource allocation across the district, with a special emphasis on distribution of funding; teacher compensation, strategic retention, and...
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Arizona spends less on K-12 education than almost every other state. But adding resources on top of the current system is likely an ineffective solution.
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About this event:
On Wednesday, May 30, ERS in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Education, the University of Lousiana at Monroe, Northwestern State University, and West...
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Building on over 10 years of partnering with leaders from over 40 school districts, we have developed the “Strategic Resource Map”—an in-depth process that involves collecting multiple...
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The Strategic System for Strong Schools is an evolution of our School System 20/20 vision for school systems. It is more than a concept—it includes a diagnostic assessment which we review...
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Teacher teams are one of the most important strategies to promote teacher growth and ignite student learning—if done well. But how to make this crucial time as effective as possible?
The...
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states new financial transparency tools to better understand and become leaders for resource equity, but only if they are used well. These...
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ERS's Chief Executive Officer and President Karen Hawley Miles presented to the Governor's Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education in North Carolina, focusing on four questions.
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Consortium members face particularly complex challenges given the heterogeneity of schools across each district. This can be especially true with regards to financial transparency and...
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