Resource Mapping Summary Report:Education Resource Strategies, January 17, 2012
ERS’ public presentation to the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. See an example of resource mapping results and how this kind of analysis can reveal a road map for how to most effectively and efficiently meet goals for improving instruction.
Sustaining Turnaround at Scale - Posters:
Education Resource Strategies held a summit, “Sustaining Turnaround at Scale”. As part of the summit’s effort to compare different turnaround strategies, ERS created posters showing different and unique turnaround strategies.
Transformation or decline?: by Karen Hawley Miles
Kappan, October 2011
ERS Executive Director Karen Hawley Miles writes about strategies for restructuring, going in depth on four changes districts should consider to alleviate budget pressure while improving student performance.
Act Now to Transform School Systems by Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody
PIE Network, September 2011
This article identifies seven priorities that could help districts invest in transformation. It then reviews the barriers that prevent change and the steps state policy makers can take to overcome the barriers.
Realigning Resources for District Success: by Jonathan Travers and Kristen Ferris
ERS, September 2011
After one year of in-depth resource analysis, ERS released a report on Duval County Public Schools (DCPS), Realigning Resources for District Success.
Restructuring Resources for High-Performing Schools: by Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody with Elliot Regenstein
Education Resource Strategies
At this time of continued budget shortfalls when every dollar spent on education must yield maximum returns in student outcomes–states’ policies and regulations often inadvertently trap precious resources—making decision-making for districts even more difficult. Education Resource Strategies with EducationCounsel identifies four areas where state policymakers can make a big difference…
A Strategic Spending Review of Syracuse City School District: by Stephen Frank
ERS, May 2011
ERS final report summarizing research on the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and the participative community “work-out” process that was held in response to research results.
Video: Turnaround in ActionERS, March 2011
See how two schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC district are approaching turnaround.
Turning Around the Nation’s Lowest Performing Schools by Karen Baroody
Center for American Progress, January 2011
Released with the Center for American Progress, this paper will help district leaders systematically implement a district-level turnaround strategy.
At times, students with similar backgrounds can achieve markedly different results. One student may graduate and go on to college. Another may drop out. Learn how seemingly insignificant differences in instruction and district investment can make a huge difference in a student’s ultimate performance.
ERS, April 2010
ERS has partnered with a number of districts on implementing weighted student funding, which is also known as fair student funding or student-based budgeting. This presentation serves as an introduction to this budgeting process.
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