Rafal-Baer: Why Aren’t There More Female Superintendents? The Not-So-Subtle Sexism That Keeps Women out of Education Leadership

Julia Rafal-Baer is chief operating officer at Chiefs for Change. She previously served as assistant commissioner of the New York State Education Department under former education secretary John B. King Jr. when he was commissioner there. She began her career as a special education teacher in the Bronx.