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.

News & Perspectives

Optimizing Staffing in Special Education: Caseload vs. Workload Analysis

2 days ago

In this new position paper, PCG’s Dr. Angeline Williams-Jackson advocates for the adoption of a balanced approach—a caseload and workload analysis—in a special education staffing decisions to get districts closer to addressing staffing concerns.

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PCG at SXSW EDU 2025: Reflections on Catalyzing & Navigating Change in Schools

8 days ago

Over the past decade, PCG has joined educators, academics, and innovators from across the world in Austin, Texas for SXSW EDU to address some of the most consequential issues surrounding K-12 education. This year, we were proud to have Jacob Klett, a Senior Managing Education Advisor, selected as a mentor for the roundtable session, “Catalyzing & Navigating Change in Schools.”

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Recap of SXSW EDU 2024

362 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

532 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

587 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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PCG is Proud to Offer Professional Learning Workshops for MTSS Implementation

1027 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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Accelerate Academic Achievement

1246 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

1272 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!

1288 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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Back-to-School Blog Series to Support the 2021 “Return to School Roadmap”

1293 days ago

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about an unprecedented number of challenges facing schools and students as they approach in-person learning this fall.

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Meet Our Team

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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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Elizabeth Chmielewski

Associate Manager / Education

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Brooke Bell

Associate Manager / Education

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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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Gerry Stefhon

Associate Manager / Education

Mr. Stefhon is an Associate Manager in PCG's education division overseeing large scale MTSS/RTI implementations. Currently, he is leading extensive communications planning projects for Dallas ISD and...

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Peter Gilles

Manager / Education

As a Manager within PCG's Education division, Peter Gilles works out of the Chicago office, overseeing large scale and statewide projects focused on special education and school-based Medicaid reimbursement...

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Florie Wong

Manager / Education

Florie Wong is an Associate Manager with PCG's education division and has been working in the education field for over 16 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Framingham...

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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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Evan Lefsky

Manager / Education

Evan Lefsky (Ph.D.) is Director of Education Consulting within PCG's education division. Dr. Lefsky has worked in the education field for more than 20 years. He taught at both the K–12 and college levels and...

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