# Portfolio strategy

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The **portfolio strategy** is a method for continuously improving educational opportunities in urban K-12 school systems.[1] The strategy entails managing a portfolio of schools by separating school oversight from school operations and by holding a school's status as contingent, rather than permanent, based on the school's performance.[2][3]

The portfolio strategy in practice can be reduced to seven interrelated components: choice, autonomy, talent, varied supports, accountability, funding, and public engagement.[4]

Several education systems have adopted a portfolio strategy, including New Orleans,[5] Hartford,[6] Cleveland,[7] Baltimore,[8] Lawrence,[9] and Denver.[10]

## References

1. ["Portfolio Schools: A Comprehensive Approach to District Improvement"](https://www.msdf.org/blog/2012/11/portfolio-schools-a-comprehensive-approach-to-district-improvement/). *Michael & Susan Dell Foundation*. Retrieved 2016-03-18.

1. [Lake, Robin (2009), Performance Management in Portfolio Districts](http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED532895.pdf)

1. Hill, Paul; Campbell, Christine; Guthrie, James (2013). *Strife and Progress: Portfolio Strategies for Managing Urban Schools*. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8157-2427-8.

1. ["Seven Components | Center on Reinventing Public Education"](http://www.crpe.org/research/portfolio-strategy/seven-components). *Center on Reinventing Public Education*. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

1. ["New Orleans 'portfolio' strategy for public schools gains supporters around the country"](http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/06/nos_portfolio_strategy_for_pub.html). 29 June 2011.

1. ["Hartford Public Schools - Model Portfolio District"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160405061622/http://hartfordschools.org/about-us/model-portfolio-district). Archived from [the original](http://www.hartfordschools.org/about-us/model-portfolio-district) on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-28.

1. ["Cleveland’s plan for transforming schools"](http://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/cms/lib05/OH01915844/Centricity/Domain/4/ClevelandPlanExecutiveSummary.pdf). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140702084140/http://clevelandmetroschools.org/cms/lib05/OH01915844/Centricity/Domain/4/ClevelandPlanExecutiveSummary.pdf) 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Portfolio School Districts Project"](http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED532896.pdf). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150410175600/http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED532896.pdf) 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Baynham, Erin. ["Receivership in Lawrence, MA: Problems, Possibilities, and Progress"](http://education.jhu.edu/edpolicy/commentary/3?mc_cid=27d1af012f&mc_eid=a7c7c2c490). *education.jhu.edu*. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

1. ["The Commons / Homepage"](http://static.dpsk12.org/gems/turnaround/DenverCase26jun2012.pdf)

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