Brian Stack, MEd

Brian Stack, MEd, is a superintendent of schools in Fremont, New Hampshire, an author of several books, and an educational consultant. Getting his start in education as a high school mathematics teacher, Stack also has served as a high school administrator and a school board member in three school districts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 

He also has worked as a consultant and expert coach for a number of school districts and organizations focusing on personalized and competency-based learning. Stack also is the coauthor of Breaking With Tradition: The Shift to Competency Based Learning in PLCs, Unpacking the Competency Based Classroom: Equitable, Individualized Learning in a PLC at Work, and Elevating Competency-Based Learning in a PLC at Work: Actionable Assessment, Defensible Evidence, and Equitable Grading.

Stack received bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and mathematics education from Boston University and a master’s degree in education administration from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He also received a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in educational leadership from New England College.

Links to publications, media, appearances

• Strategies to attract new teachers to schools that need them most

• The secrets of an effective school leader

• A new definition for competency-based education