School Budget Hold’em:ERS, November 3rd, 2011
Education funding decisions should never be left to chance. School Budget Hold ‘em is more than a game…it’s an interactive exploration of the thoughtful trade-offs school administrators have to make in these challenging budget times.
The Resourceful School: by Naomi Calvo and Karen Hawley Miles
Educational Leadership, December 2011
The new Issue of Education Leadership focuses on tough times and strategies for making the most of decreasing budgets.
Sustaining Turnaround at Scale - Session Summaries
A brief description of every panel presentation from the ERS Summit, Sustaining Turnaround at Scale.
Memphis White Paper:ERS, October 27, 2010
If your school district is facing a budget issue, it might surprise you to learn that the solution might very well lie in a game of cards. That certainly was the case earlier this year for the city schools of Memphis, Tennessee.
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…
Seven Strategies for District TransformationERS, September 2010
Learn about the seven key strategies for districts to improve student performance at scale.
School Design:ERS, October 2010
See how to align your resources with strategic school designs across your district.
Turnaround Schools:ERS, September 2010
Help ensure that efforts to turnaround the worst performing schools lead to sustainable improvement for the students.
School Funding Systems:ERS, September 2010
Use existing resources more effectively by shifting spending, targeting cuts, and laying the groundwork for long-term change.
The Strategic School: by Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank
Corwin Press 2008
Learn how schools can best use the resources they already have.
Education Resource Strategies, January 13, 2011
With escalating education costs in a time of declining school budgets, ERS articulates for state leaders opportunities to shift scarce funds toward the most critical areas. ERS Executive Director Karen Hawley Miles gave this presentation in Chicago at the conference Moving Forward with a Transformative Education Agenda hosted by the…
VUE: Voices in Urban Education:
This issue of VUE includes an article by ERS’ Executive Director Karen Hawley Miles and Manager Naomi Calvo on how “strategic decentralization” and weighted student funding can transform school districts, empower principals, and increase student achievement.
ResourceCheck™ Tool:ERS, July 2010
Take an online self- assessment to learn how your district’s resource use measures up to best practice.
The purpose of the summit was to provide a forum for districts to share ideas on school funding, discuss what is and isn’t working, and spark new approaches.
In March, 2010, ERS brought together a group of urban education leaders for a two-day summit to explore innovative approaches for allocating student funds based on student need. These summaries came from posters used for an opening gallery walk to the summit. You will find information about each districts size,…
The results of a Resource Use Analysis conducted by ERS for the School District of Philadelphia between 2007 and 2009.
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.
Breaking the Cycle of Failure in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools by Jonathan Travers and Barbara Christiansen
ERS, April 2010
How one district is harnessing the critical levers of school leadership and teaching excellence to turnaround schools in the context of a larger school system.
by Karen Hawley Miles
New American Schools
This article provides insight into how school systems nationwide are seeking to place more accountability for student performance with educators at the school level.
by D. McAdams, M. Wisdom, S. Glover, A. McClellan
Center for Reform of School Systems, 2003
A report written for the Education Commission of the States by the Center for Reform of School Systems. December 2003. Using case studies from Boston, Cincinnati and Houston, authors provide strategies for creation of an effective district accountability system.
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