Our Education team offers consulting services and technology solutions to help schools, school districts, and state education agencies/ministries of education promote student success, improve programs and processes, and optimize financial resources.

What We Do

Teaching and Learning Solutions

Let our team of consultants help you take your school performance, special programs, and instruction to the next level.

Data Systems and IT Solutions

Tap the full potential of data-driven instruction and personalized learning with our technology services and solutions, including EDPlan™, the leading suite of web-based special education solutions.

Financial Solutions

Optimize your special education case management and recover the reimbursements to which you are entitled, to provide the best for every student.

Equity in Education

Find out how to support successful outcomes for each student by interrupting inequitable practices, examining biases and mindsets, and creating a safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive environment.

Equitable Education Recovery Services

Meet the diverse needs of all students and bolster education recovery efforts with PCG’s full spectrum of integrated solutions.

News & Perspectives

Recap of SXSW EDU 2024

254 days ago

Public Consulting Group (PCG) was a proud sponsor of SXSW EDU 2024 in Austin, Texas. From March 4 to March 7, PCG representatives joined thousands of education leaders from across the country for presentations, workshops, and discussions focused on driving positive changes in education.

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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Students with Disabilities Through Progress Monitoring

424 days ago

In the new white paper, “Closing the Opportunity Gap for Students with Disabilities Through Progress Monitoring,” PCG’s Dr. Jennifer Baribeau and Dr. Jennifer Meller provide educators information on why ongoing progress monitoring of Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals is an important process to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

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University Instructors Partners with Rhode Island Department of Education to Offer Free Teacher Test Preparation & Praxis Test Vouchers

479 days ago

University Instructors (UI), a Public Consulting Group (PCG) company, is proud to announce the launch of the RIDE Praxis Preparation Program. Developed in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), this free, comprehensive preparation program aims to help teacher candidates pass Praxis tests, which are a step towards teacher certification in Rhode Island.

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Video Highlight: Vermont High School Educators Share Transformative Experiences with PCG’s Online Course, Courageous Conversations about Race with Glenn Singleton

878 days ago

For the past three years, Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho, VT, has partnered with Public Consulting Group (PCG) to engage in the online learning course, Courageous Conversations about Race with equity expert Glenn E. Singleton. The course is part of PCG’s online professional learning program that focuses on equity, inclusion, and cultural competence in education.

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PCG is Proud to Offer Professional Learning Workshops for MTSS Implementation

919 days ago

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is an essential educational framework for developing sustainable and equitable tiered supports for students. MTSS is a wholistic approach focused on prevention and calls for districts and schools to build a continuum of accessible academic and behavioral supports. The 2022–2023 school year will require school leaders to evaluate their current MTSS practices and develop a comprehensive plan to address the extraordinary range and intensity of student needs.

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NPR Affiliate Podcast Highlights Broward County Public Schools’ Transformative Equity Work Using PCG’s Online Learning Program, Courageous Conversations about Race with Glenn Singleton

1104 days ago

In a recent article and podcast, KQED Mindshift [an affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR)], highlighted the transformative equity work of Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) in Florida that includes Courageous Conversations about Race, the online learning program for educators by Public Consulting Group (PCG) with Glenn E. Singleton.

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Helping Broward County Public Schools Bring True Equity in Education Recovery: A Case Study

1132 days ago

PCG collaborated with Broward County Public Schools, the sixth largest and most diverse district in the country, on the creation of an Education Recovery Center of Operations to coordinate the response to more than 55,000 students across the district who weren’t meeting adequate academic progress.

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Accelerate Academic Achievement

1138 days ago

This blog series is designed to support school-based administrators in addressing the US Department of Education’s call to action, via the Return to School Roadmap, for federal, state, and local leaders to close the performance gap for students with disabilities during the 2021–2022 school year.

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Build School Communities and Support Students’ Social, Emotional, and Mental Health

1164 days ago

The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund provides substantial funding to support the reopening of schools and to address the academic, social, emotional, and mental health concerns that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Project Success Resource Center Ramps Up for 2021-2022 School Year!

1180 days ago

Last week, PCG’s Project Success team led a group of new special education teachers through the New Teacher Jump Start program – a two-day online professional learning program for teachers who support students with disabilities and have between zero and three (0-3) years of teaching experience.

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Meet Our Team

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Erin MacIntire

Manager / Education

Erin MacIntire is an Associate Manager based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She has more than 18 years of experience designing and managing projects for state and local education agencies and non-profit organizations. Ms. MacIntire leads a team of subject matter experts and project managers...

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Kristin Hunter

Manager / Education

Ms. Hunter has more than 20 years of experience in Medicaid reimbursement optimization projects and the implementation of EDPlan™ in state education agencies (SEAs) and districts across the country.

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Ladd Van Devender

Manager / Education

Mr. Van Devender oversees more than 150 North Carolina education projects and Student Success Planning solutions throughout NC. These services include the implementation and ongoing...

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Robbie Ammons

Manager / Education

Mr. Ammons has worked for the past 15 years on IEP and Medicaid school-based projects for North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Florida and Virginia.

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Greg Nadeau

Manager / Education

Greg Nadeau is a writer, speaker, community leader, innovator, and Manager at Public Consulting Group (PCG). He has over twenty-five years of experience leading large-scale education data system projects at the local, state, and national levels, including eight years as Chief Information Officer of the Massachusetts Department of Education...

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Dr. Jennifer Meller

Associate Manager / Education

Dr. Jennifer Meller, an Associate Manager in PCG’s Education practice area, leads the firm’s efforts in providing districts with comprehensive special education program evaluations and...

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Dan Wistman

Manager / Education

Mr. Wistman has more than 25 years of information systems experience, including extensive experience in software development and project management of enterprise application implementations...

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Cameron Lackey

Associate Manager / Education

Cameron Lackey is an associate manager in Education. He joined PCG in 2016 and brings strategic and programmatic planning expertise in the areas of system and service implementation and program and project management...

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Alicia Stewart

Manager / Education

Alicia Stewart, a manager in PCG’s Nashville office, has over 20 years of experience in the education field including six statewide implementations. Her focus at PCG, for the past 16 years...

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