{"id":8988,"date":"2019-02-14T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=8988"},"modified":"2019-02-12T22:14:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T02:14:25","slug":"how-do-you-build-continuously-improving-systems-of-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/how-do-you-build-continuously-improving-systems-of-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Build Continuously Improving Systems of Schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over the last 20 years, eight U.S. cities have seen more students attending more effective schools at a faster pace than other urban areas. In Oakland, D.C., Denver, New Orleans, New York City, Newark, Camden, and Chicago, education leaders have increased the number of high-performing schools and set up systems that continuously improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellwether Education\u2019s Eight Cities<\/a> tells the stories of those efforts in order to show current and future superintendents, members of boards of education, and state education leaders that it’s possible to go beyond incremental academic improvement even in the largest or most politically charged environments.
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All of the highlighted cities have implemented some version of a strategy commonly referred to as \u201cthe portfolio model.\u201d The portfolio model rests on the following central beliefs and strategic pillars.
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Central Beliefs
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