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title: The evolution of the DPS portfolio
description: "NEWS:EdWeek: DSST featured as example of how DPS' portfolio model is working"
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# [The evolution of the DPS portfolio](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/the-evolution-of-the-dps-portfolio)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 10/10/18

If you ask Jennifer Holladay, Denver Public Schools (DPS) Portfolio Manager, why their portfolio approach has worked, she would tell you because "all boats [both charter and district schools] are rising and students and families have access to better options". She'd also tell you that they still have a lot to learn and that there have been many failures along the way.

In following the district over the last thirty years, we've seen the evolution of the portfolio from a weak example of managed instruction, through early authorizing to what it is today -- one of the leading models for public school collaboration and accountability.

 

[Read the whole story here.](http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_innovation/2018/10/the_evolution_of_the_denver_public_schools_portfolio.html)

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