Leading for Impact with Huddle Up

What do you do when your district needs 28 speech-language pathologists and you only have 14? Dr. Kara Anderson, Director of Special Programs at St. Joseph School District in Missouri, didn't wait for the problem to solve itself. In this episode, she joins host Keith Kostrzewski to share how she evaluated her options, started small with virtual speech therapy at the secondary level, and scaled...

As school and district leaders enter 2026 facing tightening budgets and rising expectations, the challenge is clear: how do you build systems that last when resources are uncertain? We sit down with Tyra Mariani — a nationally respected education leader whose career spans local, national, and philanthropic systems — to explore what sustainable impact really looks like in this moment.

Leading for Impact is a podcast about what it really takes to build systems that last. Each episode features real conversations with the leaders, practitioners, and big thinkers reshaping schools, communities, and the organizations that support them. Created for anyone committed to meaningful change, Leading for Impact explores the long game of improvement through three core questions: What must c...