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The Shiny New Penny Problem: Data-Driven Courage for Lasting School Change – with Kelli Marshall
From sixth-grade math teacher to superintendent to leadership coach — Kelli Marshall shares how data-driven courage, deep relationships, and a clear “why” can transfor...
Leveraging Life Experiences: Behind a Career in Youth Opportunity and Equity
From a childhood shaped by instability to a career dedicated to building pathways of opportunity, The Stronger Podcast host, Mike Montoya, shares how resilience, educa...
The Power of Stability: Why Retaining School Leaders Will Shape the Future of Education
The Stronger Podcast host, Mike Montoya, looks ahead to the future of school leadership, unpacking why the next hiring cycles will define whether schools stabilize or ...
Unlocking Parent Power: How Families Can Democratize Educational Equity – with Michelle Vilchez
From community organizer to education equity leader, Michelle Vilchez shares her journey of empowering parents and transforming schools, helping families of color advo...
Schools Weren’t Built for Us: Reimagining Education From the Community Up – with Malka Borrego
From reimagining neighborhood schools to coaching leaders through liberation and change, Malka Borrego shares how authenticity, proximity to community, and systems-lev...
Test Scores Aren’t the Whole Story: Rethinking Accountability and Impact – with Cathy Jones
From educator to nonprofit leader, Cathy shares her journey of transforming education and community engagement, helping Bexar County’s youth access post-secondary oppo...
Purpose Shouldn’t Mean Poverty: Rethinking Service, Wealth, and Leadership – with Sharhonda Bossier
From Watts to leading a national education movement, Sharhonda Bossier shares her journey of championing educational equity and economic mobility for young people of c...
The Kindergarten Lie: How We Miss Kids Long Before High School – with Clarisse Mendoza Davis
From first-grade helper to transformative education leader, Clarisse Mendoza Davis shares her journey of serving underserved youth and reshaping early childhood and al...
Equity Isn’t Optional: Calling Out Broken Systems – with Jessica de Barros
From Seattle classrooms to federal policy halls, Jessica de Barros shares her journey of championing equity in education, showing how a lifelong commitment to access a...
Transforming Education: Giving Every Student Real Choices and Career Confidence – with Daniel Gray
From charting pathways for thousands of students to reimagining what true opportunity looks like, Daniel Gray shares a blueprint for reshaping how young people discove...
Finding Home Through Community: Travel, Identity, and Belonging
A fourth grade teacher once told the whole class to circle white on a standardized test, then stopped to tell Kat Ling to circle Asian, and today Kat leads a Denver no...