books
Say Yes
COMING SPRING 2026!
Say Yes: How Virtual Became Reality
Say Yes is the story of a small experimental idea that became a global movement. It chronicles how one leader’s willingness to “say yes” transformed opportunities for millions of students worldwide. Through deeply personal stories, hard-won lessons, and candid reflections on failures, pivots, and breakthroughs, Say Yes provides a playbook for entrepreneurial leadership—especially for leaders, education or business, who are tasked with steering organizations through ambiguity, funding or regulatory constraints, and rapid change.
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Virtual Schools,
Actual Learning
Virtual Schools, Actual Learning provides context, recommendations, and insights for policy and educational leaders committed to offering learning choices that put students front and center. The book demonstrates how to align regulations with the changing educational landscape to foster breakthrough innovation on behalf of students everywhere.
Real Women,
Real Leaders
In Real Women, Real Leadership, Julie joined twenty-four dynamic women leaders to describe their personal journeys to the top. The book offers deep insights and a fascinating perspective on "making it" as a woman in the male-dominated business environment.
Virtual Schools:
Planning For Success
Julie was invited to write the forward for this important volume of insights from top virtual school practitioners and experts in the field. Here, readers can find guidance into how virtual schools can plan for success.
Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning
Saving Schools tells how leaders of school reforms of the past—from Horace Mann and John Dewey to Al Shanker and Bill Bennett–gradually created the stagnant schools of today. The book features Julie’s work with Florida Virtual School as a prime example of effective education innovation.