Nathan Levenson

Nate Levenson is president of New Solutions K-12. He is the author of Six Shifts to Improve Special Education and Other Interventions, published by Harvard Education Press. He brings a great deal of experience to the topic of raising achievement and improving fairness for students who struggle with and without identified disabilities. Central to this work is a focus on creating thoughtful, strategic schedules.

As a superintendent he led an effort that closed the special education- general education achievement gap by 40 points at the high school level and reduced the number of struggling readers by 2/3 at the elementary level. As a consultant he has helped over 250 districts in 30 states better serve students with special needs, raise achievement of students living in poverty and address systemic challenges in education. This work included helping more than 500 schools build great schedules. As an author and thought leader he has written numerous books, scores or articles, a few white papers and regularly speaks nationally. He is co-author of an upcoming book It’s Time for Strategic Schedules (ASCD). His passion is helping to turn great ideas into a better reality for both students and staff.