ccamp@u.washington.edu

Christine Campbell is a Senior Research Analyst at the University of Washington Bothell’s Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE). She leads the Center’s Portfolio School Districts Project, which explores emerging reforms in leading districts. She convenes the Project’s twice-yearly meetings of an expanding network of portfolio districts and advises districts on how to assess and improve their efforts. She has researched and analyzed district-wide reforms and the role of superintendent leadership and central office operations, and has written teaching cases for The Broad Institute for School Boards. Ms. Campbell has led work on school choice and the charter sector, studying the ways districts and traditional public schools can respond to competition. She is an expert on charter school leadership, from recruitment and training to retention and succession planning. Ms. Campbell is on the board of the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network, which links state education advocacy organizations with national experts in policy development, and she served as a reviewer for the federal Race to the Top Competition. She is co-author with Paul Hill of It Takes A City (Brookings Press) and co-author of an up-coming book on portfolio districts and the changing education landscape. She is the author of numerous reports and commentaries and a regular presenter at national education research conferences. Prior to joining CRPE, she was a GED Coordinator for teen parents at Rainier Vista Housing Project and a job skills trainer at the Seattle Indian Center. She also worked at Starbucks when they numbered just a few quaint neighborhood cafes.

Ms. Campbell holds a B.A. in English from Villanova University and an M.P.A. from the University of Washington.

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Christine's Publications

State Education Agencies Overlooked in Education Reform? Talent Is the First Place to Start Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond

Growing Number of Districts Seek Bold Change With Portfolio Strategy Paul Hill, Christine Campbell

You’re Leaving? Sustainability and Succession in Charter Schools - BRIEF Christine Campbell

Talent Management in Portfolio Districts Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond

Seattle Public Schools Performance Analysis 2009–2010 Christine Campbell, Betheny Gross, Cristina Sepe, Sarah Yatsko

You’re Leaving? Sustainability and Succession in Charter Schools Christine Campbell

Washington state has work to do for next round of Race to the Top Christine Campbell

CH 6: Missed Opportunity: Improving Charter School Governing Boards (HFR '09) Christine Campbell

Portfolio School Districts for Big Cities: An Interim Report Paul Hill, Christine Campbell, David Menefee-Libey, Brianna Dusseault, Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross

Working Without a Safety Net: How Charter School Leaders Can Best Survive on the High Wire Christine Campbell, Betheny Gross

The High-Wire Job of Charter School Leadership Christine Campbell, Betheny Gross, Robin Lake

Closing the Skill Gap: New Options for Charter School Leadership Development Christine Campbell, Brock J. Grubb

Ch. 2: Life After Charters: School Districts and Charter School Growth (HFR '06) Christine Campbell, Deborah Warnock

No Longer the Only Game in Town: Helping Traditional Public Schools Compete - Research Brief Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Kacey Guin, Deborah Warnock

No Longer the Only Game in Town: Helping Traditional Public Schools Compete Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Kacey Guin, Deborah Warnock

Toward a Portfolio of Schools: High School Renewal Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Sara Taggart

From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human Resources Department Abigail Schumwinger, Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond

From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human Resources Department - Research Brief Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Abigail Schumwinger

An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair Howard Fuller, Christine Campbell, Mary Beth Celio, James Harvey, John Immerwahr, Abigail Schumwinger

An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair - Research Brief Howard Fuller, Christine Campbell, Mary Beth Celio, James Harvey, John Immerwahr, Abigail Schumwinger

Big City School Boards: Problems and Options Paul Hill, Kelly Warner-King, Christine Campbell, Meaghan McElroy, Isabel Munoz-Colon

Philanthropic Due Diligence: Exploratory Case Studies to Improve Investments in Urban Schools Christine Campbell, James Harvey, Michael DeArmond

Building More Effective Community Schools: A Guide to Key Ideas, Effective Approaches, and Technical Assistance Resources for Making Connections Cities and Site Teams Paul Hill, Christine Campbell

A Study of Charter School Accountability Paul Hill, Robin Lake, Mary Beth Celio, Christine Campbell, Paul Herdman, Katrina Bulkley

It Takes a City: Getting Serious about Urban School Reform Paul Hill, Christine Campbell, James Harvey

Washington state's schoolchildren can't afford to wait for Superman Christine Campbell