New Solutions K12

What New Solutions K12 does

New Solutions K12 is a K-12 education consulting and professional development firm headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts, serving school districts, state education agencies, and individual schools across the United States. Founded by Nathan Levenson, a former school superintendent with 25 years of K-12 advisory experience, the firm has reportedly worked with over 300 districts across 30+ states. Its practice spans six core areas: special education, intervention (RTI/MTSS), scheduling, behavior management, strategic budgeting, and middle school design. Service delivery is built entirely on human expertise rather than proprietary technology; the firm has no software product, API, or technology platform.

The firm's offerings consist of two primary service categories: customized consulting engagements (assessments, implementation support, strategic planning) and interactive professional development programs, supplemented by a productized training program called the Secondary Scheduling Academy and a free Screening & Sizing Tool co-developed with the Smarter School Spending Initiative (GFOA). Revenue is generated through quote-based, project-scoped professional services engagements sold directly to district superintendents, chief academic officers, and state education leaders, with no public pricing or packaged subscriptions. Marketing is driven by a substantial content engine including published books (Harvard Education Press, ASCD), a blog, whitepapers, and podcast appearances, which function as top-of-funnel lead generation.

The business is founder-owned and operated with no external investment, acquisitions, or funding rounds disclosed. The team of approximately 10-11 people is anchored by President Nathan Levenson and Managing Director David James, with consultants including Sarah Levenson (Senior Consultant), Karla Brooks Baehr, Caitlin Varys, Jimena Samano, Liza Fryman, Lisa Gaudry, Meghan Magee, and Aaron Levenson (Operations Director). Notable outcomes cited include Louisiana becoming the only state where students with disabilities improved on NAEP over six years following the firm's partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education, and multiple districts reporting double-digit percentage gains in proficiency and intervention outcomes.

Name

New Solutions K12

Legal name

New Solutions K12

Website

https://newsolutionsk12.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New Solutions K12 is a founder-owned K-12 consulting firm that delivers customized advisory engagements and professional development to school districts, state education agencies, and individual schools across 30+ U.S. states, specializing in special education, scheduling, intervention, and strategic budgeting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Consulting Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

IEP/504 Planning, Case Management & Compliance (EDAJAKAB)

Keywords

• K-12 education consulting
• School district advisory
• Special education consulting
• Strategic scheduling services
• Professional development training

Headquarters

HQ city

Brookline

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Expert-led advisory engagements including district assessments, opportunity reviews, and implementation support. Engagements are customized to district needs and typically involve on-site and virtual consulting support.
2. Professional Development: Customized interactive training sessions and workshops for school and district leadership teams. Programs are designed in partnership with clients and customizable to meet specific learning goals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

New Solutions K12 provides expert-led consulting and professional development services to K-12 school districts and state education agencies. The firm specializes in special education, intervention programs, scheduling, behavior management, strategic budgeting, and middle school design, supplemented by published books and an annual Secondary Scheduling Academy.

Product overview

New Solutions K12 is a consulting and professional development firm (not a software product company) that offers a portfolio of advisory services across six core areas of K-12 education: Special Education, Intervention, Scheduling, Behavior Management, Strategic Budgeting, and Middle School Design. The core offerings consist of Consulting Services (expert-led advisement and implementation support) and Professional Development programs, anchored by the Secondary Scheduling Academy—a hands-on virtual training program. The consulting practice is supported by published books (including 'Six Shifts to Improve Special Education' and 'It's Time for Strategic Scheduling') and free whitepaper resources on intervention, elementary scheduling, and secondary scheduling. The portfolio does not include a software product, API, or technology platform; all value is delivered through human expertise, training programs, and written intellectual property.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Secondary Scheduling Academy: An accelerated hands-on training program for school and district leadership teams to enhance capacity for strategic scheduling, build buy-in for changes, and design effective, best practice-aligned schedules.

Products and services

• Consulting Services Project-based expert advisory engagements for K-12 school districts and state education agencies covering special education, intervention, scheduling, behavior management, strategic budgeting, and middle school design. Sold as tailored engagements to district leadership teams.
• Professional Development Training and capacity-building services for K-12 educators and district leaders, delivered as workshops, sessions, and ongoing development aligned to the firm's consulting engagements.
• Secondary Scheduling Academy An annual intensive training program focused on strategic secondary scheduling, providing a community of practice and in-depth training for district leaders and schedulers.
• Special Education Consulting Specialized consulting service helping K-12 districts redesign and improve special education service delivery and cost-effectiveness, including the "Six Shifts" framework.
• Intervention Services Consulting service helping K-12 districts design and implement intervention programs for at-risk students, including maximizing the impact of intervention time.
• Scheduling Services Consulting service helping K-12 districts design strategic elementary and secondary schedules that align time, staffing, and resources to instructional priorities.
• Strategic Budgeting Services Consulting service helping K-12 districts align budgets with strategic priorities, including the "Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools" framework.
• Middle School Design Services Consulting service helping K-12 districts design or redesign middle schools to improve student engagement, transition, and outcomes.
• Six Shifts to Improve Special Education (book) Published book articulating the "Six Shifts" framework for special education reform, sold retail through Harvard Education Press and Amazon.
• It's Time for Strategic Scheduling (book) Published book on strategic school scheduling, sold retail through ASCD and Amazon.
• Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools (book) Published book on strategic K-12 budgeting and resource allocation, sold retail through standard book channels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Louisiana students with disabilities improved 4 points on NAEP while national average declined 4 points - only state in country to achieve this for SWD
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) / Smarter School Spending InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Nathan Levenson partnered with the Smarter School Spending Initiative (now led by GFOA) to create a Screening & Sizing Tool that helps districts identify opportunities to reallocate resources to strategic priorities. The free tool helps review potential cost savings opportunities for deeper analysis.
• Louisiana Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023New Solutions K12 partnered with the Louisiana Department of Education to develop its Special Education Playbook for System Leaders and supported the rollout of best practices. This partnership led to Louisiana becoming the only state in the country where students with disabilities improved on NAEP over 6 years (4 points increase vs. 4 points national decline). The partnership involved developing guidance documents and supporting statewide implementation.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EAB: Membership-based research and advisory firm serving K-12 and higher education leaders with consulting, benchmarks, and technology, overlapping NSK12's district-leader customer base but operating as a much larger, multi-product incumbent.
• WestEd: Nonprofit education research, development, and service organization that provides consulting, evaluation, and capacity building to K-12 districts and state agencies, broader portfolio than NSK12 but overlapping customer base and service types.
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH): Large K-12 curriculum and services company with a professional services arm supporting district implementations, providing a broader incumbent alternative for district leaders seeking best-practice support alongside instructional products.
• McKinsey & Company (Education Practice): Global management consulting firm with a dedicated K-12 and higher education practice serving state agencies, districts, and ed-tech clients, representing a broader, higher-priced incumbent that competes for similar transformation engagements.

Direct peers

• Battelle for Kids: Nonprofit that partners with K-12 districts and state agencies on leadership development, talent management, and student success consulting, comparable customer segment and consulting-led delivery model.
• Marzano Resources: K-12 professional development, coaching, and consulting firm aligned to instructional frameworks, serving similar district and school leader buyers and overlapping on PD and intervention offerings.
• Solution Tree: K-12 professional development and consulting company delivering workshops, coaching, and conferences to schools and districts, directly comparable to NSK12's Professional Development and consulting offerings.
• District Management Council: Nonprofit that provides customized consulting and professional development to K-12 school district leadership teams, directly mirroring NSK12's engagement model and target buyers (superintendents, CAOs, school boards). Highly comparable on customer segment, service mix, and delivery format.
• Hanover Research: Subscription-based research and advisory provider serving K-12 district and higher education leaders with custom research and strategic guidance, a closely comparable target customer and adjacent delivery model.
• Education Resource Strategies (ERS): Nonprofit that partners with K-12 districts on strategic budgeting, resource allocation, and systems redesign, closely overlapping NSK12's Strategic Budgeting and Scheduling service areas. Same buyer persona and similar outcome-based consulting model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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