Research Room
The following are publications of Education Resource Strategies team members in our five practice areas:
- Professional Development and School Support
- School Funding Systems
- School Level Resource Use
- School Performance Management
- School System Design
Fund the Child: Tackling
Inequality & Antiquity
in School Finance. Karen Hawley Miles, contributor and signer
This manifesto outlines the inequities and inefficiencies of the current
school finance system and proposes using a weighted student
funding system in which dollars follow individual students, vary
according to their needs, and allow flexibility at the school level
with results-oriented accountability. Published by the Thomas
B. Fordham Institute, June 2006. View
and download in PDF format.
Leveling the Playing Field: Creating
funding equity through student-based budgeting, by K.H. Miles,
M. Roza and K. Ware
Traces the Cincinnati Public School district process of moving to
a system of student-based budgeting: funding children rather
than staff members and weighting the funding according to the
schools' and student's needs. (2003) Phi Delta Kappan, (2003). View and download in PDF format.
Understanding Student-Weighted Allocation
as a Means to Greater School Resource Equity by K.H. Miles and
M. Roza
This article
compares the different levels of resources between
schools within districts and how to change the method for
allocating resources to a student-based approach. Published in
Peabody Journal of Education, Winter, 2005. View and downoad in
PDF format.
Freeing School Resources for
Learning: The "Missing
Piece" in Making Accountability Meaningful by K.H. Miles
This article provides
insight into how school systems nationwide are seeking to place
more accountability for student performance with educators at
the school level.View and download in PDF format.
A Strategic Review of District and School Resources in Chicago Public Schools, 2005-2006, by Education Resource Strategies with support from the Chicago Public Education Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This report examines funding and resource use of CPS in comparison to other large urban districts and identifies opportunities for CPS to use time, people and dollars more strategically. October 2006. Available soon.
Rethinking School Resources by K.H.
Miles
This article presents a
framework for districts and schools to use when examining
school infrastructures to better support academic success. View and download in PDF format.
Five Case Studies on Revising School
Schedules by Regis Shields
This article provides examples for principals and school leaders of
approaches by five K-8 schools in Boston and Cincinnati that
have reorganized schedules to allow for common planning time
and literacy blocks. New American Schools, 2005.View and download
in PDF format.
Putting Money Where It Matters by K.H.
Miles
The focus on creating accountable standards-based schools is pushing
districts and schools to more clearly define their goals and priorities
for student learning. This analysis focuses on realigning spending
and staffing in five ways by defining priorities for student
performance. Educational
Leadership, Volume 59 Number 1, September 2001, pg. 53-60. View
and dowload in PDF format.
Freeing Resources for Learning:
The "Missing
Piece" in
Making Accountability Meaningful by K.H. Miles
This article
provides
insight into how school systems nationwide are seeking to place
more accountability for student performance with educators at
the school level. View and download in PDF format.