Sentences with phrase «portfolio districts»

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It has been a star portfolio district and a leader in charter - district collaboration.

With the Initiative, LAUSD joins a growing number of districts that are implementing Portfolio District Reform and school turnaround models.

Portfolio District Advocate: «Yeah, we'll have one guy who like is a Portfolio Manager, who like can close down bad schools.»

There is no research that identifies which types of teachers tend to work in portfolio districts and if these teachers have more desirable characteristics or are more effective compared to teachers who teach in non-portfolio districts.

Next month, members of the district's leadership team and the president of the local teachers union, the Spokane Education Association, will travel with Gates Foundation employees to Spring Branch, Texas, to tour a charter school option called the «portfolio district approach.»

Those same institutional incentives will inevitably come to dominate Portfolio Districts.

I've never understood how Portfolio Districts are expected to perform these regulatory functions any better than regular old school districts.

The Ed Next article by Robin J. Lake, Ashley Jochim and Michael DeArmond on the challenges facing school choice in Detroit has led to a resurgence of chatter about Portfolio Districts.

CRPE is leading the charge for portfolio districts which means managing a portfolio of schools like a stock portfolio; close the losers and open new schools.

A paper from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) notes there are four distinct approaches portfolio districts tend to take when considering who teaches in their district:

As opposed to traditional districts which get «bogged down» in paperwork, portfolio districts adopting this approach would give principals greater discretion over who they hire and fire.

However, other research suggests portfolio districts fire teachers too quickly, hire non-certified teachers, and lack teachers with experience.

While portfolio districts may have the potential to reform districts in ways that will improve students» educational experiences, policymakers should wait for more empirical evidence of the effects these districts are having on students before abandoning the more traditional district model.

I am wary of portfolio districts, mayoral takeovers, and other proposals for a super-regulator to govern all choice and traditional schools.

Portfolio district reform meets school turnaround Early implementation findings from the Los Angeles Public School Choice Initiative

Portfolio District Advocate: «No, man, this guy will work for an independent board that makes rules for schools to make sure they don't do bad things.»

While waiting to be picked up by a taxi I read Jay Greene's recent blog post on portfolio districts.

This plan is not a «portfolio district» approach.

That's why we partnered with the Center for Reinventing Public Education this year to design a portfolio district workshop for all Education Pioneers fellows across the country.

The Center on Reinventing Public Education has the portfolio district initiative.

A prime example of a district employing chartering as R&D is Denver Public Schools, shaping its system into a «portfolio district.»

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«Many of the districts evaluated for the prize are not moving in the direction of a portfolio district, so there seems to be something of a disconnect between the prize and the foundation's mission,» said Katrina Bulkley, professor of educational leadership at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

At a time of growing national recognition of the need for a policy shift to more successful approaches to school reform, this collection of mini-briefs identifies affirmative, research - based approaches to reform in areas including school choice, portfolio district reform, and teacher deprofessionalization.

Rather than imposing a Portfolio District that is likely to re-create the dysfunction and failure of traditional school districts, let's change the system of incentives and allow choice and competition to improve school quality over time.

Portfolio District Advocate: «You don't get it, dude, the Portfolio District is there to make sure that only good schools open and to provide information and reduce chaos.»

How is a Portfolio District any different other than that you gave it a new name and believe that good people will be in charge?»

Choice and market competition can accomplish the same goals without being subject to the same destructive incentives as school and portfolio districts.

The only point of view consistently left out is that of old - fashioned organized labor, which, under the portfolio district scheme, could not control teacher hiring and placement with a single district - wide contract.

I get that strategy, but I still think we need folks like you, Neerav «Relinquisher» Kingsland, and our friends at CRPE who run the Portfolio District Network, to help education leaders plan for a future with a different district structure that's capable of delivering better results.

Annual tests have also helped validate novel and innovative reforms: charter schools and portfolio districts; evaluation systems that provide real feedback on educator practice; early warning systems that help prevent student disengagement and dropout; and more.

The problem with portfolio districts is that they are trying to be one ring to rule them all....

The idea that we need a Portfolio District to decide which schools of choice are allowed to open, which must shut - down, and what regulations should govern all of them has gained some traction in reform circles ever since New Orleans adopted this approach.

DPS has for years been adopting many of the principles of a portfolio district.

A district that pushes most resources and decision - making power to the school level is usually referred to as a portfolio district, a term coined by researchers at the University of Washington.

So I do agree that a portfolio district is a poor idea but not entirely for the same reasons.

But unions are beginning to take root once again in the New Orleans «portfolio district.»

Families in a portfolio district can apply to attend any campus through an open enrollment process.

She also served as the Deputy Commissioner of Innovation for the state of New Jersey, where she oversaw all things school choice for the Department of Education: charter schools, interdistrict public school choice, non-public schools, portfolio districts, and all related practices and policies.

Whether they work in a centrally managed system or a portfolio district with various levels of autonomy, the superintendent and central office leaders must be willing to align policies, resources, metrics, and messages to support those efforts — otherwise, teachers and staff will have good reason to think they've been set up to fail.

On a related note, Governor Snyder seems to have dropped his «portfolio district» plans for Detroit Public Schools so charters aren't in any danger of being dragooned into a common enrolment / transportation scheme they didn't request.

Supporters of the portfolio district model argue that districts which adopt this policy are constantly focusing on «talent management» with regard to the hiring, development, and retention of high - quality teachers.

Most big districts are portfolio districts but they vary in the extent to which they embrace or resist charter schools.

Despite the cacophony over the Common Core State Standards, new assessments, teacher evaluation, portfolio districts, and other hot - button issues, education leaders are bearing down ever harder on tried - and - true school reform strategies.