Radically Excellent School Improvement

Kate Anderson Foley is a transformational leader with significant experience leading public school districts and states toward equitable and integrated services for all learners. Her work is grounded in social justice and breaking down the barriers for children who have historically been marginalized. She leads organizational change utilizing a strategic framework that ensures guaranteed and rigorous learning leading to college and career readiness for all students. Kate began her career as a special education teacher pioneering inclusive practices for students at-risk and those with disabilities. Her work focused on creating conditions that fostered high expectations of adults for students and innovation which led to equitable opportunities for all learners. Kate′s deep commitment to creating nimble and responsive systems that supported the whole child led her into administration, where she advocated for local, state, and federal reform. That experience led to improved academic and social-emotional outcomes for students, fair school funding, innovative healthcare models, and efficient operations. As the founder and CEO of The Education Policy & Practice Group, Kate partners with local, state, and national organizations, education agencies, and various industries providing her expertise with the improvement process, professional learning communities, strategic planning, asset-based education policies, practices, special education, and consulting. Kate teaches a graduate-level Special Education Law course to aspiring principals and superintendents through the lens of equity and the higher standard. Kate works closely with senior leadership across various sectors providing executive coaching aimed at creating growth-minded organizational cultures. Kate is the author of numerous articles and books. Her latest contribution is the book, Fearless Coaching (2023).

Chapter One: The School Improvement Process Unpacked
Chapter Two: The Higher Standard
Chapter Three: The Double Helix System of Support
Chapter Four: The Pareto Principle
Chapter Five: Coaching Is the Connecting Fiber of Improvement
Chapter Six: Students are at the Center of It All
Chapter Seven: An IEP is the Vehicle for FAPE
Chapter Eight: Alignment is a Force Multiplier
Chapter Nine: Be The Flow