Karen Hawley Miles is president and CEO of Education Resource Strategies, Inc. She has worked intensively with school systems nationwide to analyze and improve their funding systems, school-level resource use, and human capital and professional development systems. Karen has taught school leaders at Harvard University, in school districts, and for New Leaders for New Schools. She has authored numerous articles and co-authored The Strategic School: Making the Most of People, Time and Money with Stephen Frank. She serves as a senior advisor to the Aspen Institute Education and Society Program, and she served as a commissioner on the Equity and Excellence Commission for the U.S. Department of Education.