Education Resource Strategies Inc

Programs: Consulting:ers' goal is to change the way time, people and money are used in urban education so that all students receive the support they need to succeed. We work with large urban school systems to transform their resource use to dramatically improve student learning. Ers has developed a vision for how schools can strategically manage their resources to support students, and how school systems can organize to support schools in these efforts. We work hand-in-hand with districts to implement solutions that enable school systems to realize this transformation. In addition, we have begun working with states around on how they can support their districts in transformation.

knowledge and research:ers is the only organization with more than 10 years' experience working with the largest urban school systems in the country in the area of strategic resource allocation. We have worked with more than 20 school systems nationwide to introduce innovative and effective solutions. Ers is committed to disseminating the knowledge gained from our experience and research by providing information directly to district leaders, partnering with national organizations to get the word out, and convening thought leaders and practitioners.

tools and training:ers has developed a collection of resources and tools to aid districts and schools to identify areas of unintentional "misalignment', where spending patterns do not actually support strategic goals that will lead to high performing schools. Various tools are available to support district leaders in both getting a quick overview of resource allocation challenges and in conducting in-depth analysis using actual district and school-level data. Some are available to download from the ers website at no costs. In addition, ers is beginning to offer direct support to help school and district leaders, and those who support them, to make effective use of our tools to create local change.