Founded by husband-wife team, Jim Kohlmoos & Ruth Goltzer, EDGE is a consulting boutique dedicated t
EDGE works with public and private education groups at the national, state, tribal and local levels. We have expertise in a wide range of education reform topic areas including:
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
Education Sciences Reform Act
Federal appropriations
Service learning, civic education, afterschool programs
Educator preparation and evaluation
School improvement and whole school r
09/08/2020
19 years and counting | EDGE Consulting LLC Mon07 19 years and counting Posted by Kohlmoos on Sep 7, 2020 in The EDGEucator | On September 11, 2001 I was at a retreat with ten educational leaders in a conference room one block from the White House. We were discussing the future of teacher preparation in urban research universities and their p...
06/01/2020
The New Normal (Part VIII): Quarantine and Curfew | EDGE Consulting LLC Mon01 The New Normal (Part VIII): Quarantine and Curfew Posted by Kohlmoos on Jun 1, 2020 in The EDGEucator | April and May were horrific months for America as the COVID death total climbed over 100,000, unemployment soared to unprecedented levels, and the disparate impact on marginalized communitie...
05/03/2020
Evidence can and should be the arbiter in decision making about current and future directions for education in this COVID-19 era.
Transforming Evidence for Policy in the Wake of COVID-19 By Vivian Tseng, Senior Vice President, Program, William T Grant Foundation After September 11, during a period of intense conflict and uncertainty, my mentor Glenn Omatsu taught me that crises—whi…
05/03/2020
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The New Normal (Part V): Return, Re-entry, Recovery? | EDGE Consulting LLC Sun03 The New Normal (Part V): Return, Re-entry, Recovery? Posted by Kohlmoos on May 3, 2020 in The EDGEucator | As Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez once wrote, ““It is easier to start a war than to end it.” The same can be said about education’s battle with covid-19 — starting wit...
04/18/2020
The New Normal (Pt IV): school budgets and the light at the end of the tunnel. | EDGE Consulting LLC Sat18 The New Normal (Pt IV): school budgets and the light at the end of the tunnel. Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 18, 2020 in The EDGEucator | With stunning speed the COVID crisis has disrupted most every sector of our society in immeasurable ways. For schooling, the changes have been particularly acut...
04/16/2020
The New Normal (Part III): Navigating a new political battleground of which education is a part | EDGE Consulting LLC Thu16 The New Normal (Part III): Navigating a new political battleground of which education is a part Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 16, 2020 in The EDGEucator | This disheartening commentary from The Hill observes that the responses to the pandemic and a faltering economy are increasingly becoming defin...
04/14/2020
The New Normal, Part II: Recovering from learning loss & revenue loss | EDGE Consulting LLC Mon13 The New Normal, Part II: Recovering from learning loss & revenue loss Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 13, 2020 in The EDGEucator | In this recent WaPo article, Eric Gordon, chief executive for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District said it best, “We have to have a recovery plan for education ....
04/12/2020
The New Normal | EDGE Consulting LLC Sat11 The New Normal Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 11, 2020 in The EDGEucator | During this time of catastrophic danger and disruption throughout our country and around the world, people of all walks of life are posing existential questions about the future even while hoping almost desperately for thing...
05/04/2019
Unfulfilled promises since Brown v Board of Education 65 years ago. The time is now to re-mobilize key education stakeholders including researchers, educator-practitioners and philanthropies. Check out this effort to democratize evidence in ed and become a signatory of the statement of principles.
Democratizing Evidence in Education In February 2017, the William T. Grant Foundation convened a group of education leaders to explore an important issue: how to expand and diversify stakeholder participation in the production and use of research evidence in education policy and practice. The premise of the convening was that the ongo...
03/31/2019
Celebrating CSPAN's 40th anniversary with a few clips from long ago
James Kohlmoos | C-SPAN.org Watch the C-SPAN collection of videos, access clips including recent appearances by James Kohlmoos. View positions held along with a brief bio.
03/12/2019
Become a signatory of the Statement of Principles for Democratizing Evidence in Education
Democratizing Evidence in Education In February 2017, the William T. Grant Foundation convened a group of education leaders to explore an important issue: how to expand and diversify stakeholder participation in the production and use of research evidence in education policy and practice. The premise of the convening was that the ongo...