To remain relevant in this ever-changing digital world, the field of education must embrace disruptive innovation.
Our Education Services
BCG’s K–12 education consulting teams provide expertise across regions and industries. They are led by a global team of today’s premier thought leaders.
BCG is helping higher education leaders build resilience, seize opportunities for growth, and discover new ways to differentiate their institutions.
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Our Approach to Education Innovation
At BCG, our education strategy consulting work lies at the intersection of education, employment, and welfare. We help organizations and institutions set bold ambitions, cultivate talent, and implement technology and innovation—ensuring readiness for the workplace and sustainable success. Our education strategy consulting experts also design policies and funding strategies that support disadvantaged learners and deliver lasting social impact.
Our Areas of Focus
At BCG, we have deep expertise in supporting transformative education initiatives at the local, national, and global levels. The heart of our global education consulting practice serves traditional educational institutions, for learners from early-childhood education all the way through to lifelong learning. Beyond traditional education, we also help governments and businesses provide opportunities for lifelong learning so that people can gain the skills and capabilities that future workforces will require.
BCG serves as a thought leader and collaborator for prominent global education partners, delivering results including:
- Improving student-learning outcomes for 2.2 million students in India.
- Partnering with not-for-profit foundations—such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation—to strengthen education in the US.
- Hosting conventions on early-childhood education and preschool, bringing together key providers, funders, and experts.
- Developing a multisector strategy together with UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited, ensuring every young person worldwide has access to education, training, and age-appropriate employment by 2030.
- Serving as a strategic partner for the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils, defining a new agenda for education, skills, technology, and the future of work.
- Supporting millions of children whose education has been disrupted by conflicts and natural disasters through UNICEF’s Education Cannot Wait nonprofit.
Our Clients' Success in Education
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.
Stemming Youth Violence with Data, Coordination, and Community. BCG partnered with a team in Miami, Florida, to create a unique initiative that combats youth violence and helps at-risk children perform better in school.
Reinventing Education in Saudi Arabia. BCG helped restructure the K—12 and higher-education ministries in Saudi Arabia to improve learning and teacher development.
Rebuilding and Transforming New Orleans Public Schools. BCG helped the city of New Orleans reorganize, reopen, and revitalize schools after Hurricane Katrina, all while positively impacting student performance.
Pivoting in the Pandemic. BCG’s digital and data strategy enabled AVID, an education nonprofit, to pivot very quickly during the pandemic, supporting 111,780 educators—a record number—from more than 4,200 schools.
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March 26, 2024
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