Leader to Leader with Darryl Cobb
Leader to Leader with Darryl Cobb
Podcast Description
In Leader to Leader, host Darryl Cobb, President of the Charter School Growth Fund, sits down with exceptional school leaders from the charter school community, unpacking not only their successes, but also the profound personal stories that compel them to lead. The conversations aim to surface actionable insights and highlight what it takes to build a great school. Whether you're an educator, a leader, or someone passionate about the transformative power of education, there's something here for you. Listen to discover what makes these leaders tick and the wisdom they've gained.
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The podcast centers on themes such as educational leadership, charter school management, and community impact, with episodes exploring various challenges and successes encountered in the charter school sector. For instance, the episode featuring Amanda Johnson discusses launching a charter school in a rural area, while the inaugural episode with Constance Jones examines the transformative effects of the 2008 recession on charter education.
In Leader to Leader, host Darryl Cobb, President of the Charter School Growth Fund, sits down with exceptional school leaders from the charter school community, unpacking not only their successes, but also the profound personal stories that compel them to lead. The conversations aim to surface actionable insights and highlight what it takes to build a great school. Whether you’re an educator, a leader, or someone passionate about the transformative power of education, there’s something here for you. Listen to discover what makes these leaders tick and the wisdom they’ve gained.
In Season 3, Episode 1 of Leader to Leader, Darryl Cobb, President of the Charter School Growth Fund, sits down with Sehba Ali, CEO of KIPP Texas Public Schools, a network of 47 schools serving nearly 30,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.
Sehba reflects on growing up as the child of immigrants, the sacrifices her parents made to prioritize education, and how watching her mother teach helped shape her belief that schools should be places of community, belonging, and opportunity. She shares how a planned two-year stint in the classroom became a 25-year career with KIPP, taking her from teacher and school founder to leading one of the largest charter school networks in the country.
Sehba also takes listeners inside the evolution of KIPP Texas, from merging four regional organizations into one network to confronting post-pandemic academic challenges and launching a transformation region for eight struggling schools. In their first year, those schools achieved gains nearly 3 times those of the rest of KIPP Texas, drastically improving performance in one year.
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