Julia Rafal-Baer is the co-founder and managing partner of ILO Group, a women-owned education strategy and policy firm that is helping district leaders tackle some of K12's most pressing challenges.
John Katzman is founder and CEO of The Noodle Companies, an education startup whose search engine helps students and parents find educational resources and schools.
Lauren Rhim is the executive director and co-founder of The Center for Learner Equity (CLE), a nonprofit that aims to provide students with disabilities equitable access to high-quality public education.
Long-time superintendent and K12 thought leader Quintin Shepherd recently took the helm at Pflugerville Independent School District in Texas after having led Victoria ISD since 2018.
The agency said Thursday it hired an independent consulting firm to make recommendations about how to improve the Federal Student Aid office, which has drawn bipartisan scrutiny this year amid its bungled overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
Superintendent turnover is not slowing down even as many districts wind most other school activities down for the year. Plenty of sitting and former superintendents have landed new jobs in recent weeks.
