When local educators work with international entities to implement high-quality educational programs simultaneously, the world moves closer to achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4.

Lane McBride is a member of Boston Consulting Group's Public Sector and People & Organization practices as well as a member of the firm’s education leadership team in the US.

Since joining BCG in 2003, Lane has focused primarily on the education sector, spanning topics such as strategy, organization design and transformation, change management, cost efficiency, performance management, and consumer insight.

Lane’s client work has included supporting the development and implementation of the comprehensive transition plan for the largest school-district merger in US history, between Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools. He also led a review of state education spending for a committee appointed by the governor of Delaware and helped carry out the Academic Transformation Plan in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

Lane is a coauthor of a BCG paper on education cost efficiency published in Stretching the School Dollar: How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best (Harvard Education Press, 2010). He is also a coauthor of several BCG publications on technology in education and K-12 resource allocation. Lane has supported BCG’s relationship with global social-impact partner Teach for All.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Early, primary, and secondary education
  • Strategy
  • Organization design and transformation
  • Change management
  • Performance management
  • Education services companies
  • Nonprofits

EDUCATION

  • BA, government, with distinction, University of Virginia

Publications and Videos

Bridging the Digital Divide in US Education—for Good

Closing the Digital Divide in US Education—for Good

Inspired collaborations between educators, business, and policymakers to close the K-12 digital divide are paving the way for a brighter post-pandemic future for US education.
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小・中・高等学校の教育リーダーがいま、優先すべきこと：新型コロナウイルスによる休校と、その後を見据えて

現在、新型コロナウイルスにより、多くの子どもたちが自宅学習をしています。休校があとどれくらい続くのかはまだほとんど分かっていません。不透明な期間が長引くと、子どもたちへのサポートは特に難しくなります。小・中・高等学校の校長など教育リーダーが、このような状況にどう対応し、これまでと同じ水準の教育を復活させる根幹をつくるために何をすればいいのかを検討します。
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Lessons from Fulbright on Developing the University of the Future

A new liberal arts institution in Vietnam found that including students and faculty in the school’s development was a major driver of success.
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What primary and secondary education leaders should prioritize in the era of COVID-19

School leaders had little time to prepare for the crisis. Careful scenario planning can help them weather the closures and reopen from a position of strength.
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Higher education response to COVID-19

Colleges and universities are on the frontlines of the outbreak. Here’s how their leaders can respond to immediate needs and plan for their institutions’ resilience.

Trends in Social & Emotional Learning and Character Education

In an increasingly fast-changing world, where adaptability and soft skills will be required to succeed in work and society, the role of social and emotional learning and character education is becoming more important. This session explores definitions of social and emotional skills and character education, the imperative of developing these skills, and select government and private sectors effort to measure and incorporate them into formal and informal settings.

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How to Make Teacher Effectiveness Reforms Stick

It’s not easy to manage or measure teaching performance, but a few pioneering and persevering US public-school districts are getting impressive results.
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Investing in Knowledge Sharing to Advance SDG 4

This report coauthored by the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, Results for Development, Teach For All, Boston Consulting Group, and World Innovation Summit for Education outlines the path forward for effective knowledge sharing in education.
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How—and Why—US Cities Are Rethinking Early-Childhood Education

For many children, ECE programs, while worthy, are simply too little, too late. New initiatives should be more comprehensive and more collaborative, with a common goal of ensuring success for children.
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How to Help Teachers Get Better Together

School districts must close the gap between the engaging, relevant, and hands-on training that teachers and administrators want and the reality of disengagement with collaborative training on the ground.
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Adapting to Enrollment Declines in Urban School Systems

Large urban school districts beset by enrollment and revenue declines can adopt specific practices that help manage costs while minimizing the impact on students. 
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Achieving More for Less in U.S. Education with a Value-Based Approach

Student outcomes in the U.S. remain low. What’s needed now is a value-based approach to publicly funded education, from kindergarten through high school.
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