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Education & Youth

Woman at a desk.As former educators and youth-service providers, we are passionate about ensuring that students and young people — particularly those who are most vulnerable — succeed in school and are prepared for bright futures.

How We Help

Using our consulting skills and our on-the-ground education and youth experience, we help our clients and the field more broadly to develop, implement, and evaluate effective strategies and approaches to increase impact.

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Project Spotlight

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CCER/Gates Foundation: Road Map for Education Results

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CCER engaged FSG to design, launch, and implement the Road Map Project, a cradle-to-college and career collective impact initiative in South Seattle and South King County.

New York State Juvenile Justice: Statewide Collective Impact Reform

FSG worked with a group of leaders across the New York State juvenile justice system to develop a vision for reform and a collective strategy to improve outcomes for youth and communities across the state.

DC Public Schools: Strategy and Organizational Alignment

FSG was engaged by the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) to help improve the strategy and implementation plan for the district’s whole school reform models.

Greater Texas Foundation: Strategic Planning

Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) engaged FSG to develop a five year strategic plan designed to increase the Foundation’s impact on student education outcomes in Texas.

Knowledge Spotlight

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Blended Learning in Practice:
Case Studies from Leading Schools

Brad Bernatek, Jeffrey Cohen, John Hanlon, Matt Wilka

imageFive in-depth case studies of blended learning at leading schools across the country.

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Keeping the Promise of Opportunity

Jeff Cohen, Fay Hanleybrown, Mukta Pandit, Kate Tallant

imageThis report provides recommendations on how to redesign the financial aid system to support post-secondary completion among low-income young adults.

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A Market for Success

Jeff Kutash, Kate Tallant, Matt Wilka, Kevin Connell

imageThis report draws on the perspectives of community college leaders to explore how external service providers can best help colleges improve student completion.

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The Promise of Citywide Charter Strategies

Jeff Kutash, John Kania, Robert Albright, Julie Obbard

imageThis report examines the potential for citywide charter strategies as a key leverage point for increasing charter school quality.

Citywide Charter Strategies
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Team Leaders

Jeff Kutash
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Brad Bernatek
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Jeffrey Cohen
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News & Events

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From Our Clients

"FSG provided us with both objective and data-driven analysis on our short-term objectives and long-term vision, and assisted us in successfully meeting our goals on time, despite an aggressive timeline.

The FSG team effectively facilitated consensus-building and commitment to the final plans. I would enthusiastically recommend FSG to other state governmental bodies and organizations."

- Fred Heldenfels,
Chair
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board

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