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Julia Rafal-Baer

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Washington, D.C.
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CEO @WeAreILO, founder @WomenLeadingEd; partner @WeAreTheForum; Ph.D. @Cambridge_Uni; fmr NY Assistant Commissioner+teacher; boy mom x2; Board Member @GovBoard

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Julia Rafal-Baer, Ph.D., is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of ILO Group, a women-owned education-focused leadership consultancy. ILO Group works with the nation's leading governors, state education commissioners, and superintendents of education to help them turn their bold intentions into reality. True to its “in-the-life-of” approach, ILO Group pairs deep systems expertise with immersive leadership coaching, project and crisis management, and executive brand building. Centered on a leader’s …

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New NAEP Report Shows Learning Progress Has Stalled. Here’s What to Do About It Original

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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter If you’re a parent who has felt, in the last few years, that something has changed in your child’s relationship with learning and school, you are not imagining it. The Nation’s Report Card released Long-Term Trend assessment data this morning, and the findings are mixed. While 9-year-olds are making progress in math and reading, 13-year-olds have stagnant scores.
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New NAEP Report Shows Learning Progress Has Stalled. Here’s What to Do About It

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By Julia Rafal-Baer
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Education 7 hours ago College Students Are Rapidly Losing the Ability to Read futurism.com - Frank Landymore • 7h "There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing." Generation Brain Rot Here’s the latest harrowing dispatch from the … Neurophilosophy 10 hours ago Want to Learn Faster and Retain More?
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Women In Education Do Not Lack Ambition—They Lack Backing

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By Julia Rafal-Baer
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Julia Rafal-Baer, CEO and Founder, Women Leading Ed and ILO Group. ​In December, the latest “Women in the Workplace” report from Lean In and McKinsey made a claim that dominated headlines: Women are experiencing a notable “ambition gap.” They note that less women are interested in being promoted than men, and many women are pulling back from the ladder.
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