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Scaling Quality Education: Creating a Portfolio District Model

This informative content explores the potential shift towards a portfolio district model in Tennessee education, focusing on the transformation of school performance in Chattanooga, Memphis, and Nashville. By implementing innovative interventions like charter schools, Innovation Zones, and Watch Proof Points, the aim is to improve student outcomes and create a network of autonomous, high-performing schools. The emphasis is on decentralization, performance assessment, student data tracking, and equitable resource distribution.

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Scaling Quality Education: Creating a Portfolio District Model

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  1. Proving a Portfolio District is Possible September 19, 2012

  2. TN’s bottom 5% of schools are currently concentrated in 3 large urban districts CHATTANOOGA MEMPHIS NASHVILLE 6 2 ELEMENTARY 4 MIDDLE 68 6 1 ELEMENTARY 4 MIDDLE 1 HIGH 30 ELEMENTARY 22 MIDDLE 16 HIGH

  3. ASD SCHOOL PERFORMANCE MEMPHIS SCHOOLS NASHVILLE SCHOOLS

  4. TN: Scale + Quality Through a Mix of Approaches ILLUSTRATIVE • 3TYPES OF INTERVENTION • ASD will authorize charter schools and operate its own schools • LEAs will create ASD-like Innovation Zones • The remaining schools will be on the Watch

  5. Proof Points Over the Last 20 Years ONE CLASSROOM ONE SCHOOL ONE DISTRICT? ONE NETWORK

  6. Existing Central Offices Not Right for a District Built Around Autonomous, Accountable Schools

  7. Central Office Must Do New Things • Keep longitudinal data on students • Assess schools on performance, not compliance • Distribute money to schools, not purchasing centrally and distributing • Help schools recruit teachers, not assigning teachers via rules and contracts • Manage a fair common enrollment lottery process

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