About District Management Group

District Management Group was founded in 2004 on the belief that management techniques combined with education best practices are key to addressing the challenge facing American public schools. We partner with school and district leaders across the country and provide them with the best management and educational practices, tools, and techniques to produce measurable, sustainable improvements that help schools and students thrive.

Alice Lai leads DMGroup’s professional development for school district leaders through the DMInstitutes programming. She also partners with districts to allocate resources effectively by providing strategic budgeting and elementary and secondary scheduling support. Prior to joining DMGroup, Alice was an elementary and middle school math teacher for ten years and was the founding principal of the KIPP Academy of Innovation in Los Angeles.