Education in Crisis: How Leaders Make Decisions When Systems Break (Control What You Can Framework)

About this episode

Mike Aponte explores leadership during education system disruption and how leaders make decisions when systems break.

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when the system itself becomes unstable? In this episode of Thinking 2 Think, Mike Aponte explores leadership during education system disruption, including: Budget pressure in schools Delayed planning and operational breakdowns Federal education restructuring and decentralization debates This episode is not political—it’s practical. You’ll learn how real leaders think when: funding is uncertain&nbs...

People in this episode

Host: Michael A Aponte

Topics covered

• education leadership
• system disruption
• budget pressure
• operational breakdown
• federal restructuring

Keywords

• education crisis
• leadership
• budget pressure
• operational breakdown
• federal restructuring

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federal education

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