Claire Kaplan

Claire Kaplan has been with the National Center on Time & Learning for 10 years leading the organization’s Knowledge Management efforts and developing NCTL’s strategic direction. Claire is the lead author of "Time Well Spent: Eight Powerful Practices of Successful, Expanded-Time Schools."

In 2005 she co-authored Massachusetts 2020's report "Time for Change: The Promise of Extended Time Schools." Claire designed and led the technical assistance strategy for districts and schools planning for expanded learning time and has led the development of the National Center on Time & Learning’s knowledge center to document best practices and resources on the topic.

She founded CEK Strategies, a small consulting company which worked with nonprofit organizations focused on education, community development, and youth programming to provide strategic planning, project management, program planning, writing, evaluation, and facilitation services.

Before starting CEK Strategies, Claire served as a vice president with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national nonprofit organization founded by Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School to promote for-profit business growth in America’s inner cities. At ICIC, Claire co-developed and managed ICIC’s consulting arm, the City Advisory Practice, or CAP, which advises cities on inner-city business development and works with a broad constituency of leaders to develop tailored strategies for business growth.

Claire received a master's in public policy and urban planning from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government where she was a Kennedy Fellow for two years. She received a B.A. cum laude from Princeton University.