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Leslie A. Talbot: A Pioneer in Education Management Consulting

It is with utmost sadness to announce that Leslie Alison Talbot, Founder and Principal of Talbot Consulting, has made her transition after a long, vigilant battle with cancer. For all that were fortunate to know Leslie, you were immediately impressed with her energy, dedication and action as it related to high quality, innovative educational programs for our young. A seasoned expert in education management consulting, specializing in assessing, evaluating and crafting mission-aligned academic and operational systems for schools. One of her career highlights had established her as a trusted KPI strategist and partner among educators, schools, state and local education agencies, charter management organizations, nonprofits, school design teams and philanthropic institutions.
Leslie was a proud alumnus of Stanford University and relentless in recruiting success driven scholars to her alma mater.
Her dedication to her close friends, her strong belief in family and that infectious smile will remain in our hearts forever, she is survived by her father Douglas, her mother Joyce, her Stepmother Linda and her sister Kim.
Please keep her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

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Are Local Education Agencies and Schools Spending ESSER Funds for Systemic Change?

Article explores whether K-12 schools’ ESSER funds will alleviate pandemic-related learning loss

By Talbot Consulting (Leslie Talbot, Mia Faulk, Catherine Ventura)

The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant hardships to United States’ K-12 schools. In response, the federal government awarded state education agencies (SEAs) three Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) packages totaling $193B. SEAs were to sub-grant 87.5-90% of these funds to local education agencies (LEAs) including charter schools, and at least 20% of SEA sub-grants were set aside to address learning loss. Funds awarded to LEAs were based on federally-approved state-level plans to facilitate safe school reopenings, impact academic success, and promote student social and emotional well-being.

QUESTION: Were these provisions fulfilled?

Talbot Consulting, a firm specializing in the development of future-focused educational programs, learned that as of August 13, 2021, 28 of 44 state ESSER plans were approved by the US Department of Education. Most states planned to use their ESSER funds to: develop “high-dosage tutoring” programs; leverage nonprofits to support students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs; enhance afterschool and summer programs; implement strategies to prevent and mitigate COVID-19; provide social and emotional learning (SEL); and address learning loss through tutoring and professional development. Answer: Yes.

However, Talbot Consulting asserts that these ESSER allocation findings reveal an education policy that is destined to fall short of addressing American students’ decline in academic performance attributed to 2020-2021 school closures that occurred in response to rising COVID-19 infection rates.

To improve dire educational outcomes, Talbot recommends that schools use ESSER funds to implement evidence-based, systemic changes that yield long-term impact, such as:
lengthening school days and academic years to add more instructional time;
personalizing content and instruction to meet student needs;
employing accelerated learning strategies while focusing less on remediation; and
establishing school partnerships to provide tailored social, emotional, and human services support to students and their families.
"Lasting change and academic achievement occur when schools are structured to meet the precise learning needs of those children and youth being served,” says Leslie Talbot, founder, and principal of Talbot Consulting. “Unfortunately, most American public schools look and operate exactly the same. This factory model of education, consisting of similar school schedules, instructional approaches, student supports, etc. makes it easier for school employees, not students and families. This is especially true for our most vulnerable children and youth who suffered major learning loss during the pandemic.”

Talbot Consulting is committed to working on the front lines in partnership with organizations, public officials, policymakers, philanthropists and other education stakeholders to design future-focused school models that can be deployed systematically while yielding educational equity and academic success for all youth. To request more information on the work of Talbot Consulting, contact [email protected] or visit talbotconsulting.com.

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