+406
Beginning with Children 2 Middle School
Ranking positions gained at Beginning with Children 2 Middle School (2025–26)
We Make Schools Better.
BetterEd is a school improvement and turnaround firm built for schools and systems that need measurable change. From leadership and instruction to culture and operations, we strengthen the systems that determine whether schools succeed. We stay close to the work, measure what changes, and adjust until improvements take hold.
Results that move schools forward.
- Range of average daily student attendance rates reported by BetterEd partner schools across multiple school years
- 93.7–98%
- Range of average daily student attendance rates reported by BetterEd partner schools across multiple school years
- Shown against a 0–100% attendance scale
- Length of the charter renewal terms awarded to BetterEd partner schools by their authorizers, from three to fifteen years
- 3–15 yrs
- Length of the charter renewal terms awarded to BetterEd partner schools by their authorizers, from three to fifteen years
- Shown against a 0–15 year renewal-term scale
- Ranking positions gained at Beginning with Children 2 Middle School (2025–26)
- +406
- Ranking positions gained at Beginning with Children 2 Middle School (2025–26)
- Reading proficiency growth at Shining Stars Montessori (2025–2026)
- +15 pts
- Reading proficiency growth at Shining Stars Montessori (2025–2026)
- Math proficiency growth at Shining Stars Montessori (2025–2026)
- +14 pts
- Math proficiency growth at Shining Stars Montessori (2025–2026)
Trusted Across Schools and Systems
BetterEd works alongside education leaders confronting consequential challenges in performance, leadership, instruction, culture, talent, growth, and organizational effectiveness.
Students Aren't the Problem. Systems Produce Outcomes.
When student outcomes fall short, BetterEd looks beyond the symptom. We examine the leadership, instruction, culture, talent, operations, resources, expectations, and organizational conditions surrounding students. Then we determine what must change—and work alongside leaders to change it.
Better outcomes require better systems.
Improvement moves through disciplined cycles—not isolated initiatives.
- 01
Diagnose
Understand what is actually happening and why.
- 02
Prioritize
Identify the few changes most likely to move performance.
- 03
Execute
Turn priorities into owners, actions, milestones, coaching, and implementation.
- 04
Measure
Monitor adult practice, implementation evidence, organizational indicators, and student outcomes.
- 05
Adjust
Change the intervention when the evidence says it is not working.
- 06
Sustain
Build the systems and leadership capacity required for improvement to last.
Measurable movement in real schools.
BetterEd reports outcomes only when the organization, timeframe, measure, and permission have been verified. These recent engagements show the movement currently approved for public use.
Explore Our Work+15 pts
+14 pts
Shining Stars Montessori
- Reading proficiency growth at Shining Stars Montessori (2025–2026)
- Math proficiency growth at Shining Stars Montessori (2025–2026)
One firm. Four connected systems of expertise.
Each practice works as part of one coordinated system for stronger institutions and better student outcomes.
01
School Transformation
Whole-institution improvement, turnaround, strategic planning, governance, and operational stability.
02
Leadership and Instruction
Executive, principal, leader, coach, and teacher capacity — and the instructional systems they run.
03
Talent and Growth
Talent, enrollment, tutoring, advancement, and capital systems that expand institutional strength.
04
Innovation and Intelligence
Education technology, diagnostics, analytics, and decision support for how schools will run next.
See the whole system before prescribing a solution.
A structured diagnostic across the organizational conditions that shape school performance, designed to surface strengths, vulnerabilities, emerging risks, and priority areas.
School Improvement, Powered by Better Intelligence.
BetterEd is building technology that helps education leaders see problems earlier, understand them more clearly, coordinate action faster, and determine whether interventions are working.
These are the capabilities BetterEd is building and testing inside live engagements. Anything still in development is described as such.
Explore Intelligence and Innovation- Diagnostic intelligence
- Implementation monitoring
- Leadership development
- Attendance intelligence
- Analytics and decision support
- Workflow automation
- Responsible AI
Insights from the practical work of school transformation.
Research
Evidence, briefs, and practical analysis for leaders working to improve schools.
Explore ResearchCase Studies
Verified examples of BetterEd engagements, implementation, and outcomes.
Explore Case StudiesIn the News
Selected coverage and public recognition of BetterEd's work.
Explore In the NewsWhat leaders say about working with BetterEd.
“The experience was the best I have ever had with a consulting partner. BetterEd brings expertise, precision of language, and an incredibly high bar to their work every day. The result is work grounded in data and proven results that remains authentic to the institution.”
Josh RoeHigh School Leader“As a second-year principal, the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from BetterEd catapulted my leadership journey. We created a collective vision for lesson internalization and built systems to ensure accountability at every level.”
Shaniqua WrottenMiddle School Principal“BetterEd maximized my growth through clear accountability and action steps unlike anything I had experienced before. They did not stop with one strategy. They built new action plans and followed through.”
Chelsea AllenAssistant Director of College Counseling
Your School Can Get Better. Let's Determine What It Will Take.
Whether the challenge is performance, leadership, instruction, culture, talent, enrollment, operations, or a combination of systems, BetterEd begins by understanding what is actually happening—and what must change.