105: From America's Most Dangerous to Recording with Drake: How Linda Cliatt-Wayman Battled Injustice in Her Schools

Rise Together Podcast

Dave Hollis

Business, Health & Fitness, Careers, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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When Dr. Wayman, a lifelong educator, took over at Strawberry Mansion, it had recently been named in the news as one of the most dangerous schools in America. In less than a year, she had turned the school around using a mix of no-nonsense pragmatism and radical empathy, successfully raising test scores and literacy rates year over year, as well as fostering community with her students. Now, she's bringing her unique approach and incredible wisdom to the podcast to talk about how to reach kids that everyone else has written off, and how you can apply these lessons to hard conversations with your own kids. If you're as inspired by Principal Wayman's work as we are, you can learn more at this site: https://principalwayman.com. You can also read her work at Ever Widening Circles, where she is a regular contributor: https://bit.ly/ewcwayman — Dave's first-ever book, Get Out Of Your Own Way, is OUT NOW! This book is for everyone, and we mean EVERYONE: women who loved Girl Wash Your Face, men who did or didn't read Girl Wash Your Face, personal development skeptics, personal development devotees, anyone and everyone who has a life and knows it could maybe get a little better if they could just get out of their own dang way! LET'S GOOOOOO! -> http://bit.ly/gooyowpod You asked for it, you got it! Coaching with Dave is here! All year long Dave is offering courses in both life and career, all designed to help you identify where you are now, where you want to go, and how you’ll get there. After working his way through Disney to become a President of Theatrical Distribution, then making the conscious decision to be an entrepreneur, Dave knows exactly what it takes to be successful no matter which direction your life - or career - takes you. Now you can have exclusive access to his experience and wisdom, with monthly challenges and actionable results! Follow this link to see what coaching can do for YOU! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are so blessed today to have Linda,
0:05.3	Client Wyman here, who is a renowned educator.
0:09.4	She's a leader inside of the education space and she has an unwavering belief
0:13.9	in the potential of all children.
0:16.9	She has used her decades of experience to move educational leaders from knowledge
0:21.8	to practice in ways that are transforming children.
0:26.1	She grew up in poverty in North Philadelphia where she experienced firsthand
0:29.7	the injustice perpetuated against poor students in their education.
0:33.8	And as a result, vowed to dedicate her life to helping as many children
0:38.2	escape poverty through education as she could.
0:41.8	She has an extraordinary story where she not only has been an assistant
0:46.3	superintendent of high schools, but also a principal who stepped in and totally
0:51.7	transformed the school that she walked into, changing test scores,
0:56.9	changing the way that people inside of the school felt.
1:00.0	And she is going to bless us today with some conversation around how we can
1:05.3	pour into our children.
1:07.4	Beyond this, I'm going to tell you right now, she has an unbelievable TED talk
1:11.6	that's been seen by more than two million human beings.
1:14.6	She's been featured on Diane Sawyer's ABC News tonight and nightline.
1:19.5	And she's got a book, Lead Fearlessly Love, Hard, It Is Be Loved by Educators.
1:24.9	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Linda to the Rise Together podcast.
1:29.6	Hi David, how are you today?
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