About this episode
In this week’s episode, the incredible Dr. Julia Rafal-Baer talks with Jeff about the complexities of educational leadership, gender, and racial disparities, and leveraging AI in education. Learn from her experiences and insights on sustaining effective leadership and creating impactful policy changes.
Julia Rafal-Baer, Ph.D., has dedicated her career to helping all children achieve their potential. After beginning her career as a special education teacher in the Bronx two decades ago, Dr. Rafal-Baer is now a top education advisor who leads high-performance, high-impact organizations nationwide. She is a trusted confidante to the nation’s most effective state education leaders and superintendents, directly coaching more than 75 leaders into the superintendent and state commissioner roles, 80 percent are leaders of color and 65 percent are women. Dr. Rafal-Baer frequently speaks and writes on the need to advance more women leaders in senior roles.
Dr. Rafal-Baer is the co-founder and CEO of ILO Group, a women-founded, leadership-focused education policy and strategy firm. She is also the founder and CEO of Women Leading Ed, a national network of women education leaders, and a co-founder and partner at The Forum for Educational Leadership. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Rafal-Baer served as a top education advisor to school districts and state education agencies across the country and as an expert advisor to the COVID Collaborative. She also supported a national effort during the pandemic to safely reopen schools, accelerate learning, and strengthen critical support for students.
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