About Us

District and school leaders are charged with the enormous responsibility of providing students with the resources they need to succeed in school and beyond amidst an unprecedented level of challenges. To achieve this, they must be not only great educators but also great managers.

For over two decades, we have helped hundreds of school districts across the U.S. strengthen internal capacity and achieve measurable, sustainable improvements in student outcomes, operational efficiency, and resource allocation.

At DMGroup, we leverage a multi-pronged approach that includes consulting, professional development, coaching, software solutions, and a membership program to tackle common system-level challenges across our nation’s public school districts. Our approach is informed by management principles, research-based best practices, and insights gathered from working with hundreds of districts across the country.

We help districts strengthen internal capacity and make improvements that have a lasting impact on student achievement and school performance.

MEET OUR TEAM

Over 700 Districts Supported

Everything I’ve seen is very well produced, very well researched and very well thought out as far as a plan or a program or an initiative or just what might be next on the horizon in education.

Martha Salazar Zamora, Superintendent Tomball ISD (TX)

District Management Group has been so helpful in terms of providing an annual place to learn with other superintendents across the country and equally helpful to be a partner that we can work with to implement those practices in our home districts.

Dr. Ehren Jarrett, Superintendent Rockford Public Schools (IL)

There are a lot of tools, discussions, and new friends here, as well as pockets of resources and expertise to tap and lessons learned to mimic.

Lisa Salley, Board of Education Member City of Philadelphia (PA)

What we like about the DMGroup are professionals within the organization. A lot of people that we have worked with have actually served in school districts and they deeply understand the work that we are trying to accomplish and share the passions that we have in the field.

Michael O' Neill, Vice Chair Boston Public Schools (MA)

DMGroup Purpose and Values

District Management Group was founded on the belief that best-in-class management techniques combined with education best practices are key to addressing and solving the challenges faced by our public schools.

Our shared purpose

Our team at District Management Group is united in our mission to make a difference for our nation’s students. In partnership with districts, we seek to help effect measurable and sustainable improvements to help all students thrive in school and in their lives beyond school.

Our values

At DMGroup, our values are grounded in support of a goal to bring about lasting improvement in public education.

Partnership - We get to know our partner district’s unique history, context, and culture and gain a deep quantitative and qualitative understanding so that we can work alongside your leadership team to help identify the right solutions and tailor implementation for long-term success.
Impact - We seek to help school districts achieve measurable and sustainable improvement, and our work does not end with delivering a report. If desired, we provide implementation support. For us, the measure of success is client satisfaction and real results for students and schools.
Collaboration - We believe we know more together than we do alone. This is why we draw on best practices from the education sector, proven management techniques in the private sector and public sector, and the collective knowledge of our nationwide network of school districts.
Systems Thinking - We believe true and enduring solutions require a broad, holistic approach to achieve coherence and alignment. We deliver systems-level solutions that align with your strategic priorities and position you to bring about transformational improvement.

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