All Episodes

Succession Is A Verb: Why Building Leaders Who Outlast You Is The Real CEO Job - With Marcia Aaron

Nothing Goes to Waste Unless You Decide It Does: Cradle to Career Work, Coalition Building, and Spartanburg's Long Game with Keisha Gray

Stop Grinding and Start Sustaining: What Education Leaders Actually Need to Last with Vanessa Rodriguez

We’re Preparing Kids for the Wrong World: Economic Mobility, Coalition Building, and the Long Game in Public Education with Dr. David W. James

Schools as Love Letters: Identity, Boldness, and the False Binaries Holding Education Back with Tricia Noyola

Stop Chasing the New: How Consistency Builds Charter Schools That Last with Scott Hindman

What Curiosity Teaches Us About Leading Schools — with Joanna Belcher

Finding Opportunity Through Relationships: From Immigrant Roots to Talent Leadership with Ron Rapatalo

From Helicopters to Schools: Leadership Lessons from James Willcox

From Immigrant Roots to Leading a Charter Network Through Complexity with Shara Hegde

Breaking the Mobility Trap: Aligning Partners Around Cradle-to-Career Outcomes – with Bill Crim

From Lifelong Immigrant to Education CEO: Leading With Compassion for Multilingual Learners – with Dr. Daniel Velasco

Mergers Aren’t Failures: Protecting Impact Through Trust and Strategy – with Jessica Sutter

The Shiny New Penny Problem: Data-Driven Courage for Lasting School Change – with Kelli Marshall

Leveraging Life Experiences: Behind a Career in Youth Opportunity and Equity

The Power of Stability: Why Retaining School Leaders Will Shape the Future of Education

Unlocking Parent Power: How Families Can Democratize Educational Equity – with Michelle Vilchez

Schools Weren’t Built for Us: Reimagining Education From the Community Up – with Malka Borrego

Test Scores Aren’t the Whole Story: Rethinking Accountability and Impact – with Cathy Jones

Purpose Shouldn’t Mean Poverty: Rethinking Service, Wealth, and Leadership – with Sharhonda Bossier

The Kindergarten Lie: How We Miss Kids Long Before High School – with Clarisse Mendoza Davis

Equity Isn’t Optional: Calling Out Broken Systems – with Jessica de Barros

Transforming Education: Giving Every Student Real Choices and Career Confidence – with Daniel Gray

How Community Saved Me: Identity, Loss, and Becoming a Leader – with Kat Ling

Redefining the Ladder: From Corporate Climb to Classroom Change – with Helen Chan

From Tokyo Classrooms to Oakland Streets: The Future of School – with Rich Harrison