The Reynoldsburg City School District, just east of Columbus, is far down the “portfolio management” path – further than probably any suburban school district of its size. This feature article discusses portfolio management and takes readers behind the scenes in Reynoldsburg.

Policy Priority:
Standards & Accountability
Topics:
Evidence-Based Learning
School Finance
Governance
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Terry Ryan was Vice-President for Ohio Programs and Policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Research Institution.

He is the author, with Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Michael Lafferty of Ohio’s Education Reform Challenges: Lessons from the Frontlines (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

Ellen Belcher, an award-wining journalist, spent most of her three-decade-long journalism career at the Dayton Daily News, where she was the Editorial Page Editor from 2000–2011. She is currently a communications consultant working with organizations focused on improving education, especially for young children.

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