Every district has diferent strengths and weaknesses. When a district lacks capacity and expertise in as area of human capital management, it must look to external entities such as fee-for-service educational consulting companies,reform support organizations, and foundations and other nonprofits to provide it. A district adept at managing human capital concentrates its internal efforts and resources on the components of the continuum it does well and partners with outside expertise to provide the rest. Many large districts are already becoming more hybrid and diverse organizations that balance the direct management of schools and provision of services with outsourcing to various service providers, community-based nonprofits, and even educational management organization. There is no reason to exempt aspects of human capital management from this approach,and every reason ot consider the possibility.