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E8: Tensions of Special Education Progress
Learning Curve – Leadership Shorts
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 8
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Leadership rarely unfolds under ideal conditions. More often, leaders are asked to move systems forward while expectations are changing, resources are limited, and communities are still adjusting to decisions that were necessary—but difficult.
In Episode 8, we examine how special education began to shift in Washington State and what that history reveals about leadership through change. Rather than focusing on compliance or technical requirements, this episode looks at how advocacy, law, and leadership collided—and how leaders were required to build systems while already operating them.
This leadership short explores why special education remains complex today, not as a failure of leadership, but as a reflection of what happens when moral urgency outpaces system capacity—and when leaders must carry responsibility before conditions are fully in place.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 8
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Leadership rarely unfolds under ideal conditions. More often, leaders are asked to move systems forward while expectations are changing, resources are limited, and communities are still adjusting to decisions that were necessary—but difficult.
In Episode 8, we examine how special education began to shift in Washington State and what that history reveals about leadership through change. Rather than focusing on compliance or technical requirements, this episode looks at how advocacy, law, and leadership collided—and how leaders were required to build systems while already operating them.
This leadership short explores why special education remains complex today, not as a failure of leadership, but as a reflection of what happens when moral urgency outpaces system capacity—and when leaders must carry responsibility before conditions are fully in place.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.
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By James CrawfordLearning Curve – Leadership Shorts
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 8
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Leadership rarely unfolds under ideal conditions. More often, leaders are asked to move systems forward while expectations are changing, resources are limited, and communities are still adjusting to decisions that were necessary—but difficult.
In Episode 8, we examine how special education began to shift in Washington State and what that history reveals about leadership through change. Rather than focusing on compliance or technical requirements, this episode looks at how advocacy, law, and leadership collided—and how leaders were required to build systems while already operating them.
This leadership short explores why special education remains complex today, not as a failure of leadership, but as a reflection of what happens when moral urgency outpaces system capacity—and when leaders must carry responsibility before conditions are fully in place.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 8
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Leadership rarely unfolds under ideal conditions. More often, leaders are asked to move systems forward while expectations are changing, resources are limited, and communities are still adjusting to decisions that were necessary—but difficult.
In Episode 8, we examine how special education began to shift in Washington State and what that history reveals about leadership through change. Rather than focusing on compliance or technical requirements, this episode looks at how advocacy, law, and leadership collided—and how leaders were required to build systems while already operating them.
This leadership short explores why special education remains complex today, not as a failure of leadership, but as a reflection of what happens when moral urgency outpaces system capacity—and when leaders must carry responsibility before conditions are fully in place.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.