ERS UpdatesWe were very happy to see our letter in The New York Times yesterday on the cost of turnaround. As the letter says, we know that spending additional dollars on turnaround is essential, but we want to be certain that those dollars are strategically spent with the clear goal of…
Rhode Island Moves to Weighted Student FundingYesterday morning, Rochester Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard brought to our attention Rhode Island’s new statewide fair student funding formula—the focus of this week’s National Journal question. The coverage includes a fascinating collection of thoughts about the policy change from an interesting assortment of people, including educators…
It’s June 24. Have you filled all of your vacancies for the ‘10-11 school year? If you haven’t, you’re not alone, but you should be concerned. The New Teacher Project studied the hiring practices of urban districts and found that urban districts are losing new talented teachers because they don’t…
How well does your district organize its resources to support high-performing schools?
Which of your resource strategies will lead to improved student performance and which won’t?
It’s just become a little easier to begin to answer these critical questions.
ERS announces the release of the interactive, web-based tool,
Take a look at an innovative study of literacy coaches led by Tony Bryk, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The study of 17 schools suggests that using literacy coaches can help increase students’ reading skills by as much as 32 percent over three years.
The…
Imagine if the NBA solved its budget woes as many school districts do by laying off its most junior players regardless of performance. As the NYT describes and ERS experience confirms, this is the reality in districts across the US.
See how ERS' experience with turnaround schools compares to a new Education Sector report on the topic.
Over the next six weeks states will be sprinting to finish their round two Race to the Top applications in hopes of claiming a piece of the $3.4B reward. These new applications need to build a plan for achievement that both incorporates feedback from round one reviewers AND scales back…
Pete Gorman, superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Jonathan Travers of ERS headlined the Aspen Institute’s Policy Forum on Turnaround.
A few weeks ago, ERS brought together 14 districts that are either exploring or doing some kind fair student funding. Hosted in Baltimore, with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the meeting was served as an opportunity to openly review the hard process of making big change and…
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