Julie Goldman, Ed.D.

Julie Goldman, Ed.D., is an instructional leader with more than three decades of experience guiding PreK–12 systems toward coherent, culturally and linguistically responsive practice. As Director of Equity Curriculum and Instruction for the San Diego County Office of Education, she supports schools and districts to strengthen literacy, equity, and multilingualism. In addition to her county office role, she serves as Director of Literacy Learning for New Generation Equity, where she provides consultation to organizations to advance equity‑conscious literacy practice and instructional coherence.

For more than 25 years, Dr. Goldman has directed a comprehensive portfolio of large-scale state and federal grant projects that have expanded educational opportunities for communities historically underserved, including a U.S. Department of Education Indian Education Grant serving San Diego County’s 18 Native American tribes. As part of this work, she led program design, professional learning, and curriculum development for the WRITE Institute, a literacy initiative recognized as a National Academic Excellence Model. 

Dr. Goldman has taught across PreK–12, college, and university settings in the U.S. and internationally, including Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and Taiwan. In 2024, she served as an English Language Specialist with the U.S. Department of State, leading an early literacy project in the Philippines. She holds a B.S. in Journalism, an M.A. in Sociology, and an Ed.D. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and currently serves as a Commissioner on the California Instructional Quality Commission.