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For more than a decade, ERS has been working with urban school system leaders to strategically reallocate resources to improve student performance. Through this work, we have gained unparalleled knowledge and experience in the challenges and opportunities urban school systems face today—and how to meet those challenges to help every student succeed.
We’d like to share what we’ve learned with you and your colleagues by sharing this collection of resources and tools ERS has developed. Check back often, as new resources will be added continuously.
ERS, July 2010
This web-based tool is designed to help you dive into the transformational strategies that lead to better resource use, ResourceCheck asks you a series of questions, and then tallies and…
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school systems,
tough times,
resource allocation,
school design,
teaching effectiveness,
strategic designs,
schools,
teaching,
human capital,
accountability,
instructional systems
ERS, April 2010
This presentation defines and explores how school districts can fund schools through a more decentralized system that connects extra dollars to students that require additional resources.
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school systems,
resource allocation,
strategic designs,
per pupil spending,
accountability
by Jonathan Travers and Barbara Christiansen
ERS, April 2010
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 harnessing the critical levers of school leadership and teaching excellence to turnaround schools…
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school systems,
tough times,
resource allocation,
strategic designs,
accountability,
instructional systems
by Stephen Frank
ERS, April 2010
ERS, with the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL), released a paper that doucments how six urban school districts structure time compared to nine Leading Edge high schools.
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school systems,
school design,
strategic designs,
schools,
academic time
ERS, November 2009
These are tough times for schools and districts, and they will get tougher. Costs are rising on autopilot, while education revenues are declining. State and local budgets are almost certainly facing deficits over the next few years that will be…
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school systems,
tough times
The Strategic School:
Making the Most of People, Time, and Money
by Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank
Corwin Press 2008
How can schools best use the resources they already have? That question is at the heart of this inspiring book for school and district administrators challenged with increasing student performance…
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school systems,
tough times,
professional development,
resource allocation,
school design,
teaching effectiveness,
strategic designs,
schools,
teaching,
human capital,
per pupil spending,
accountability,
school size,
academic time,
instructional systems
ERS, 2009
This brief describes a vision for investing in teaching quality at the school level and provides guiding questions for both school leaders and those who support them to consider and…
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professional development,
teaching effectiveness,
teaching,
human capital
By Design Not Default:
Optimizing District Spending on Small High Schools
ERS, 2008
Paper and tool that helps leaders understand and manage the drivers of small school spending.
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school systems,
resource allocation,
school design,
strategic designs,
schools,
school size
Strategic Designs:
Lessons from Leading Edge Small High Schools
by Regis Anne Shields and Karen Hawley Miles
ERS, 2008
This report illustrates how nine high performing, small urban high schools across the U.S. are thinking about and organizing their resources strategically to best meet their students’ most pressing needs. Through interviews and reviews of class schedules, staffing strategies, budgets,…
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school systems,
professional development,
school design,
teaching effectiveness,
strategic designs,
schools,
teaching,
per pupil spending,
school size,
academic time
Realigning Resources for District Transformation:
Using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds to Advance a Strategic Education Reform Agenda
Center for American Progress and Education Resource Strategies, April 2009
This paper, written with the Center for American Progress, gives state and district leaders 15 concrete ways to use all resources—current and new—for long-term transformation.
Tags:
school systems,
tough times,
resource allocation,
strategic designs,
human capital
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